"It Is the Church That Saves Us" | SSPX, Schism, and the Crisis of Unity
“And it is our task to remain faithful,
even and especially amidst the difficulties of the present life of the Church.
It is the Church that saves us, not we who save the Church.
It is the Church that saves us, not we who save the Church.
All of the reformers and resisters and reshapers today, whether they identify as traditionalist or progressives or whatever, risk both making too much of the Church and too little.
The Church is the Body of Christ, and as soon as we view everything as up for grabs according to human wisdom, we make the Church into a battleground for our own agendas.
We fail to see the supernatural and divine constitution of the Church that operates with, through, and in weak human vessels and across a dizzying array of different times and spaces, cultures, histories, and languages.”
Fr. Christopher Smith
Prince of Peace Catholic Church
Taylors, SC
Listen to the entire homily here.
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