Doctrines and dogmas do not exist to provide esoteric data. Their purpose is always to tell us who we are, to proclaim who we can be in Christ.
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Partisanship and the kingdom of God
Who would claim that the platforms of either the Democratic or the Republican parties fully mirror Gospel values?
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Why do we find the end of the world so entertaining?
There is a reason apocalyptic movies make so much money.
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To be a Christian is to live in patient expectation
You cannot be a Christian and not live an eschatological life, which is to say, you must live one marked by a patient expectation in the promise and plan of Jesus.
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How do we know if our prayers have been answered?
When we truly give ourselves to prayer, we know that we are in the presence of another—not always but rather often without any doubt.
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The Eucharist is the opposite of fast food
Fast food makes only one promise. That it is fast. Christ promises to feed us with food that will last.
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How we know God intends to be fair
To preach Jesus is primarily to preach a path, a call to action, not ethical precepts.
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In the Eucharist, Christ gives us comfort
We need some comforting, all of us. A moment when we are drawn away from our troubles, a slice of life without its accompanying sorrows.
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Our relationship with Christ should be a romance
It does not matter that you have already given your love to Jesus. Romance is a living thing. You either nourish it or it dies.
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On Corpus Christi, we are reminded that creation is a gift from God
On this day, under the appearance of bread and wine, Christ claims creation itself to be his eucharistic body and blood.