"Images on the altar,
Or imagined within:
We pray to them,
But do they answer?"
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that "The desire for God is written in the human heart…" and in this church, it's true, I've found the greatest number of ways to access that desire: Mass appeals to my senses, prayers and fasting remind me to build inner discipline and outer community. Our images on the altar, so scorned by some, are simple reminders that, "The kingdom of God is within you." Everything I need has been given to me already if I only have the courage to acknowledge it.
Or imagined within:
We pray to them,
But do they answer?"
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that "The desire for God is written in the human heart…" and in this church, it's true, I've found the greatest number of ways to access that desire: Mass appeals to my senses, prayers and fasting remind me to build inner discipline and outer community. Our images on the altar, so scorned by some, are simple reminders that, "The kingdom of God is within you." Everything I need has been given to me already if I only have the courage to acknowledge it.
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