"The world encourages an attitude in which we use people to gain things. Jesus reverses this: use things to gain people. If spending money and giving goods can open others to friendship with the Church and ultimately Christ Himself, then spend the money, give the goods. Pagan religion in the ancient world tended to be a semi-magical way to manipulate the spiritual realm (the realm of the “gods”) in order to gain material wealth. Christianity is precisely the reverse of this. It is a religion in which we sacrifice material in order to gain spiritual wealth." -- John Bergsma, writing on "The Sacred Page" blog.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 00:26:14 +0000
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