On Being Ourselves

“God is not interested in a uniform humanity.

“This is a very hard truth, because most of us can sympathize with Dmitri Karamazov’s complaint: ‘Man is too broad; I would narrow him.’

“It’s hard to relate to people who are very different from ourselves. The problem is not merely that the heart is too constricted to look without judgment, but that there becomes a very deep fear that we will be judged.”

In a recent column in the National Catholic Register, Melinda Selmys, staff writer at Vulgata Magazine, reflected on how we are called to be ourselves in the midst of all the diverse people God has created.

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National Catholic Register: True Christians Must Be Themselves (26 AUG 12)