Robert Royal on a True Personal Relationship with Jesus

"It's a good idea, of course, that 'personal relationship' with Jesus. It works itself around any number of contemporary roadblocks to the faith. Which is unusual for Christian truths in current conditions. But without some other, very good, ideas, the personal relationship turns into a very bad idea.

"Because if, as in most of the 'relationships' we have these days, we limit what transpires between us and Him only to what we're willing to agree to, we're not in a personal relationship with Jesus. We're in a toxic relationship with our own egos, a cocoon we create for our own comfort, but which, ironically, is one of the deepest reasons for our current unease."

In a recent commentary, Robert Royal, editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing and president of the Faith & Reason Institute (Washington, DC), reflected on the role of authoritative Church teaching in our personal relationship with Jesus.

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The Catholic Thing: About that 'Personal Relationship with Jesus' (17 JUN 24)