{"id":1026,"date":"2020-02-21T14:55:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T14:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2020-02-21T14:55:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T14:55:33","slug":"reflection-23-february-2020-a-seventh-sunday-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"Reflection 23 February 2020 (A) Seventh Sunday of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Reflection\n&amp; Dialogue:<\/em><\/strong><em> Christ and the mystery of the Church<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world of Paul and the young\nChristian community at Corinth\nmay seem far removed from today\u2019s Church and the problems confronting it. And\nyet, despite the differences from the political and social points of view\nPaul\u2019s words continue to address us today, since divine mysteries know no\ndifference in time. And the Church today is a divine mystery, just as it was in\nPaul\u2019s day. She is properly understood not through human wisdom, but through\nfaith. For some time now the Church has attracted media attention by reason of\nthe many scandals within it. Sometimes the Church is spoken of as if it were\ncorrupt. In such discussion the Church is regarded only as if it were a merely\nhuman institution, the \u201cinstitutional\u201d Church. It is criticized at time by\nmembers of the clergy, among other groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It\nis understandable and indicated that that weaknesses and scandals within the\nChurch be criticized. But believers should realize that these are part of the\nhuman side of the Church. One should not forget that the Church remains God\u2019s\nholy Church, the temple of the Holy Spirit and part of the divine mystery. As\nsuch she is not, and cannot be, corrupt. She continues to preach the good news\nof salvation to God\u2019s holy people, who under the guidance of the Holy Spirit\nlive in accordance with God\u2019s word. Any criticism by believers should bear\nthese truths in mind. Paul\u2019s words to the Corinthians, read in the second\nreading today, still merit reflection: the Church, as the Temple of God,\nis holy. It is a serious matter to damage it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection &amp; Dialogue: Christ and the mystery of the Church The world of Paul and the young Christian community at Corinth may seem far removed from today\u2019s Church and the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1027,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions\/1027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}