Sentences with phrase «deeper meaning of the faith»

The deeper meaning of the faith of the pastor is reflected unwittingly in his relationships, and becomes a source of identification within the religious dimension.

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The covenant was not simply a piece of paper affirming partnership no matter what, but instead a means to secure the «robust accountability» and «gracious restraint» that characterize deep relationships rooted in mutual recognition of catholic faith and order, grounded in creedal doctrine, and answerable to the authoritative word of Scripture.

The polarization is so deep that when, in 1996, the late Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin founded the Catholic Common Ground Initiative as a means of addressing division in the church, he was criticized by some liberal Catholics who thought that the project was not radical enough and by some of his brother cardinals who believed that it jeopardized the essential truths of the faith.

Quite possibly Barth realized that a dialectical method must negate all human expressions of the meaning of faith — including the creedal and dogmatic statements of the historic Church — while paradoxically affirming the deepest expressions of «subjectivity» or Existenz.

One can readily appreciate why some have been searching for new ways of expressing the attitude of faith towards the deepest reality man encounters, that reality to which the Bible points by means of God - language.

The following centuries of monastic experimentation gave them deep insights into humility, and into the great theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, They understood the Gospels to be saying that we are meant for great things — meant to live in imitation of Christ himself.

If one has never journeyed into the deep — prayed (which includes Scripture / theological study, faith sharing, adoration, spiritual formation / retreats, pilgramages, Mass, reconciliation, fasting, listening for God's voice, and more) on an ongoing fashion or done God's will (been obedient, patient, humble, unconditionally sacrificing, unselfish) to the extent that they understand what it means to be Catholic and God being your number one priority — that His Ways and those of His Church are not the ways of the world (trade vices for virtues) and that we are being called into communion with Him via love for Him and one another in our faith community and broader community — then it is no wonder some are lost or disillusioned.

Ragan Sutterfield is the author of This is My Body: From Obesity to Ironman, My Journey Into the True Meaning of Flesh, Spirit, and Deeper Faith.

Pastors should also be capable of detecting the symbolism both of words and of earthly events — the analogies of faith — through which the deeper meaning of the divine mystery discloses itself.

For spiritual communion is by no means merely an act of longing for the reception of the Lord under the sacramental signs; much deeper, and more properly, it is the act of prayer of a living and understanding faith, by which it enters into living communication and communion with Christ, the eternal and living Truth.

The RE syllabus is too often dictated by the needs of public examinations, but even within this some fine work could be done, and the Faith communicated for what it is: essential knowledge, rich and deep, that opens wide the whole of life's meaning and purpose and sets it in the context of centuries of God's revelation and 2,000 years of Church history that is thrilling to discover.

Suffering for Christ's sake may mean one of several things: (1) it may drive one to apostasy which would be tragic; (2) it may drive one deeper into the arms of Christ; (3) it may mean that one suffers the judgment of God upon the household of faith (1 Pet.

Once we come to some such religious vision, however, those who share in a profound faith such as the great religions make possible (and in our own part of the world, that means the Christian faith) can have a deep confidence that from the ruination of existence, which is the result of those evils just mentioned, the cosmic Love can extract genuine and abiding good.

He also clearly loves a lot about his faith, like the sense of fellowship and the sincere efforts to understand and explain the deeper meaning of life.

It's a powerful collection of writings from people with deep faith, who understand what it means to follow a suffering Savior

I mean we have all been there but you have to know deep down inside what the right answer for you is going to be, but the nerve comes when you have to take that leap of faith and make the decision to do it.