Michael Pakuluk on How to Repay the Love of Christ

"The  most fundamental problem that confronts a Christian, in my view, is how to answer to the Passion of Our Lord - how to prove, as it were, that we have begun to appreciate it, and are grateful for His suffering and death for us.

"Every other matter we may like to occupy ourselves with - 'political theology' and church-state relations, corruption in the hierarchy, the putative decline of culture and society, the latest twisted fads, liturgical abuses, theological controversies  - these, by comparison, are distractions. We are fundamentally unjust, in Platos terms, as we do not 'mind our own work' first of all.

"What I mean is this. Love is repaid by love: anyone who properly views the Passion and has a human heart, will naturally be led to want to do something extravagant in response, even, to give up his own life similarly Yet how do we do this?"

In a recent commentary, Dr. Michael Pakaluk, Professor at the Busch School of Business, Catholic University of America, reflected on the importance of the sacraments and prayer in our "fundamental act of love.".

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The Catholic Thing: How to Repay the Love of Christ (12 MAY 22)