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By Bevil Bramwell, OMI, The Catholic Thing, April 11, 2021
Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OMI, PhD is the former Undergraduate Dean at Catholic Distance University. …
Looking at the Church, we see Jesus Christ. Or should, anyway. If we do not see him, then there might be something wrong – with us. Perhaps we have gotten distracted by what some Catholics are getting up to. Perhaps we have gotten distracted by the situation of the Church in Germany or in China. Or perhaps we are just jaded and don’t see spiritual things any more.
It is really good that we spare a thought and a prayer for our brothers and sisters in Germany and China. And perhaps, too, a thought and a prayer for wayward Catholics. They’re in grave peril. But so are we all.
How many of us today realize that we are in a communion of grace and truth – the Church – in order to live with Christ, to live his life. He is the source of the beauty of the Church, and he gives it a real face. …
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