"Why I am a Catholic?" is a good question to ask

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McGill University professor of History John Zucchi, Canada's national leader for Communion and Liberation, asks the provocative question in a brief essay, "Why I am a Catholic." John is a great guy, he's serious about his faith and he's sensitive to the movement of the Holy Spirit, but no one would claim he's a mediocre follower of Christ. The claims of faith in Christ, Zucchi tells us, have to have two criteria borrowing from Luigi Giussani: faith in Christ has to be reasonable and it has to broaden my humanity, a gift given by God Himself. Reason and humanity lead to and exude Mercy. Paraphrasing Cardinal Ratzinger in God and the World, to be a Christian means that you are sympathetic toward one's humanity that of another; a Christian is accepting of one's injuries and within these wounds a deeper healing is found.

I highly recommend you read, and re-read God and the World (2002),Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's conversation with Peter Seewald. It's more than right on target....

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Paul A. Zalonski is from New Haven, CT. He is a member of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, a Catholic ecclesial movement and an Oblate of Saint Benedict. Contact Paul at paulzalonski[at]yahoo.com.

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