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Mar 27, 2014 · To be a radical Catholic means being in a real relationship with Jesus Christ instead of the world. Too many Catholics have never even begun to live that radical life in Christ that the gospel calls for.
Dec 10, 2020 · What Jesus is saying to us is unconventional, counter-intuitive, counter-cultural, radical, and frankly hard, if not impossible. It’s important to realize something about the Sermon on the Plain (as well the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew ).
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What does Luke say about radicalism?
- The comparison with John the Baptist. Luke famously (and delightfully) opens his Gospel with a close account of the births of both John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, an account shaped by a direct comparison.
- Christ’s mission. With these initial comparisons behind him, Luke shifts in chapter 5 to the introduction of Our Lord’s mission. Preaching from Peter’s boat, Jesus tells his first followers he will make them fishers of men.
- Intensification of the message. Just when the reader thinks St. Luke has reached a kind of climax at the end of chapter 8, the evangelist accelerates and intensifies the point he is making, ratcheting up our awareness of who Christ is and what he is demanding.
- Radicalism. In chapters 12 through 18, Luke unceasingly demonstrates just how radical Christ and his gospel are. He portrays Our Lord as essentially goading all who listen into making a decision for or against him as the voice of God.
Jun 26, 2019 · Jesus calls us to radical conversion because ultimately, Cy, that’s the only way to get to heaven. You don’t get to heaven, you know, gee, disturbing words from our Lord. In Revelation 3:16 he says, “Be hot or cold. If you’d be lukewarm, I will vomit you out of my mouth.” That doesn’t sound good. Cy Kellett: That doesn’t sound very nice.
Jan 30, 2024 · To paraphrase St. Francis de Sales, the measure of the truly good life is that it loves without measure, as Jesus did. In this sense, the moral teaching of Jesus is radical. It presents an example for moral living—his own life of total self-giving—as the standard for everyone in all times and in all places.
Dec 24, 2020 · Jesus must have understood that we human beings battle with exclusion, self-righteousness and arrogance, and have a quick trigger finger when it comes to judging others. Jesus knew how easily we could fall into the trap of turning “the other” — those of other races, ethnicities, classes, genders and nations — into enemies.
Jesus and Radical Individualism Is truth something that we each get to decide for ourselves? In this episode, Jeff explains the difference between valuing the individual and the radical individualism that is so prevalent in our world today.
