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| The crucified thieves | |
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| Topic Started: Monday, 23. August 2010, 21:11 (274 Views) | |
| Mairtin | Tuesday, 24. August 2010, 13:58 Post #16 |
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I wonder should Christians have an identity worth stealing or a bank account worth clearing out? |
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| Mairtin | Tuesday, 24. August 2010, 14:35 Post #17 |
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I'm not sure that what Jesus was getting at in this instance was the need to help people worse off than ourselves, I'm inclined to think that He was getting at how unimportant material possessions should be to us and how they can interfere between us and God, a theme He turned to time and time again like in that wonderful passage from Matthew 6:19-34:
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| Gerard | Tuesday, 24. August 2010, 16:04 Post #18 |
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Thanks OsB This and its follow up post show that the "others" had not committed trivial crimes. Gerry |
| "The institutional and charismatic aspects are quasi coessential to the Church's constitution" (Pope John Paul II, 1998). | |
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