“How much have your religious views influenced your decision?”: religion
and the assisted dying debate
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from Theos In this essay, Nick Spencer unpacks the role of religion in
public debate. Is there really any difference between a religious and
non–religious ...
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Do people get in the way or do we get in the way? I think most of the time we can't see past our own "holiness", or down our own noses, to see the Holy in anyone else. In all reality, I think Van Pelt couldn't stand himself, but that hurts too much. I am the same, it hurts to see the real me.
ReplyDeleteWe let people get in the way by being blind to the Holy in them.
ReplyDeleteWhat Holy is in them?
ReplyDeleteTo quote John Main OSB, "St Paul tells us that there is a light shining in our hearts. St John tells us that this light is the point of divine consciousness, of infinitely pure love, to be found and worshipped in every person—the light that enlightens everyone who comes into this world." Mother Teresa prayed daily to see the Christ in each of her patients.
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