Day 31
When we were getting ready to build our new church, and several times throughout that process, you might remember me saying something to the effect: "If all we do is build a new church and don't at the same time, raise ourselves up to be the Body of Christ, we are simply rearranging the furniture."
I believed that then. I still believe it even more today.
We are not simply called to build a new church; we are called to have a Divine Renovation. We are called to continually move our parish from maintenance to mission. Pope Francis reminds us of what Pope Benedict XVI and St. John Paul II reminded us before: we are called to be disciples on mission. And that mission is to lead people to Christ.
Following the way of virtue is the clearest evidence that we are on our way.
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