tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post6558513254177300604..comments2024-03-01T10:10:40.165-07:00Comments on Speak the Truth in Love: The Future of Catholic GlueRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16751516602395247675noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-71149041352073287282010-07-22T10:36:39.870-06:002010-07-22T10:36:39.870-06:00You are right. Many don't really have a precis...You are right. Many don't really have a precise sense of what comes from God and what does not. But they sense holiness in the church. Even when they are turned off by many things in the church. I see that as something to build on.<br /><br />Sure there are some things "more Pharisaical than apostolic". The question is how do you tell what is what? Do you trust secular society to tell you? If the church has divine origins should God not still be protecting it? If people start to reflect on these questions seriously there can be real grace.<br /><br />Is the mass a human embellishment or is it the wisdom of God? The modern thinking that the mass is a useless ritual. That seems like a human embellishment. That does not come from the church. That comes from out culture. You could go on and on. Has the church been changing or have we been changing? How can something that was from God become a human embellishment when it does not change? When it only becomes offensive because the culture changes?Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751516602395247675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-67651407443280986182010-07-22T09:28:29.766-06:002010-07-22T09:28:29.766-06:00We agree that the Old Testament, the New Testament...We agree that the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the traditions of the early church come from God. The 800-page catechism and the code of canon law? Not so much.<br /><br />Many Catholics who have never "come to the fullness of the faith" have always accepted the divine origins of the church, but have never accepted many of the human embellishments to the wisdom of God, which often seem more Pharisaical than apostolic. <br /><br />That's my two cents.zillionairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320340242777743029noreply@blogger.com