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The Gospel has nothing to say about enabling, but it says much about sacrifice. The upcoming Synod needs to remember that.

By Robert B. Greving, Crisis Magazine, July 31, 2023

Robert B. Greving teaches Latin and English grammar at a Maryland high school. Mr. Greving served five years in the U.S. Army J.A.G. Corps following his graduation from the Dickinson School of Law.

 

Robert B. GrevingThe sincerity of a person is often shown by the sacrifice he is willing to make. For instance, if a student tells a teacher he wants a better grade but won’t do the work necessary to get it, he is being insincere. If the teacher says he is willing to help but won’t put in some extra time himself, he is being insincere.

If the student still wants a better grade without the work, what he really wants is, in modern parlance, to be enabled. If the teacher gives a better grade without the student showing improvement, he is being, in modern parlance, an enabler. What is missing from both is sacrifice.

Such an approach would cut through many of the issues we’re having in the Church, especially regarding the Synod. …

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