Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thought for the day . . .

"Man's natural center of gravity draws him to the visible, to what he can take in his hand and hold as his own.  He has to turn round inwardly in order to see how badly he is neglecting his own interests by letting himself be drawn along in this way by his natural center of gravity.  He must turn round to recognize how blind he is if he trusts only what he sees with his eyes.  Without this change of direction, without this resistance to the natural center of gravity, there can be no belief."

-- Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity (published by Ignatius Press, 1992)

Exactly!  Even for believers, there must be this on-going "turning round" if
faith is to remain.


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