To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murderers, adulterers, and … - Ronald Rolheiser

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A true leader will have no desire to lord it over God’s heritage. He is rather ready to follow as well as lead.

Ronald Rolheiser

To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murderers, adulterers, and hypocrites of every description. It also, at the same time, identifies you with saints and the finest persons of heroic soul within every time, country, race, and gender. To be a member of the church is to carry the mantle of both the worst sin and the finest heroism of soul. . . because the church always looks exactly as it looked at the original crucifixion, God hung among thieves.

Children, Country, Crucifixion, Heroism, Hypocrite, Hypocrites

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The incarnation began with Jesus and it has never stopped. . . God takes on flesh so that every home becomes a church, every child becomes the Christ-child, and all food and drink become a sacrament. God's many faces are now everywhere, in flesh, tempered and turned down, so that our human eyes can see him.

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Sanctity has to do with gratitude. To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less.

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The word baptism means derailment. Christ baptizes Peter on the rock when he tells him: "Because you confessed your love for me, your life is no longer your own. Before you said this, you fastened your belt and you walked wherever you liked. Now, others will put a belt around you and take you where you would rather not go. " To submit to love is to be baptized, that is, to let one's life be forever interrupted. To not let one's life be interrupted is to say no to love

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The highest compliment we can give to God, our Creator, is to thoroughly enjoy the gift of life. One should never look a gift universe in the mouth! The best way to pay for a beautiful moment is to enjoy it.

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It is no easy task to walk this earth and find peace. Inside of us, it would seem, something is at odds with the very rhythm of things and we are forever restless, dissatisfied, frustrated, and aching. We are so overcharged with desire that it is hard to come to simple rest. Desire is always stronger than satisfaction.

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