Browsing through the recent issues of First Things (The March 2008 Issue), I came across this interestingly no nonsense observation on what the Lord requires of us today:
It’s always an encouragement to see a bishop speak truth to twaddle.
The National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry chose as the theme
for its meeting in San Antonio “Paradigmatic Changes in Hispanic
Ministry.” The archbishop of that fair city, Jose Gomez, said in his
address to the council, “The Scriptures don’t talk much about paradigm
change. Instead, the Bible talks about kairos—the time of
decision. . . . . The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only real paradigm
that matters. The time is fulfilled. The kingdom is at hand. The
decision each of us has to make every day is this: Will we repent and
believe? Will we continue our daily conversion to Christ? Will we try
every day to more and more conform our lives to Christ and to his
teaching?”
I couldn’t say it better.
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