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I’d like to look at the story of the Tower of Babel as told in the book of Genesis 11: 1-9 and see what take aways there might be for us in 2023.
“Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis 11:1–4)
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At our Parish, we are encouraged to enter into a culture of invitation. On one level, it’s about welcoming and bringing people into the family of the Church, at a social and interpersonal level. At a deeper level, though, God himself has his own culture of invitation that beckons us to a more private and silent place. In the Old Testament book, The Song of Songs, God is described as a lover who gently woos his beloved into the place of intimacy, the bridal chamber, where the beloved freely and unashamedly unveils herself in his presence. The Christian mystic, Saint Catherina of Siena, longed for the consummation of her mystical marriage to Christ and the pure joy that would ensue from that union.
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I grew up in the world of Protestant Evangelicalism and I think that the history of Evangelicalism, in North America can shed some light on the current phenomena called “Wokeism”.
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In session one of “The Rescue Project”, Fr. John Riccardo says that we all inhabit some story, or narrative, and that the structure of our lives imitates the structure of our structuring narrative. Now, there are other inhabitants in the land of narratives and one of those occupants is called the news. We call the gospel of Christ the “Good News” but the goodness of that news depends on your perspective, for news can be the nemesis of a narrative.
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Why is the book “Tactics” by Greg Koukl so critical? Fulfilling our mission of “going and making disciples” is one of the key pillars we are commanded to do, and one in which most Christians, especially Catholics, have no clue where to begin! Most Catholics have never been taught the importance of sharing their faith let alone how to engage in a meaningful dialogue with a family member who might have walked away from their faith, someone from another religious tradition, or a skeptic
