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The Mind of Christ Jesus

July 28, 2010

My Dear People,

It doesn't really matter what I think.

And (brace yourself, please), it doesn't really matter what you think.

(There; I said it.)

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I can tell you a lot about what I think, of course.

About capital punishment. About the Roman Catholic Church. About war. About prayer. About kindness.

And you could do the same; you could tell me what you think, about many things.

And there's a time and a place for that, of course.

But that's not what really matters: what you and I think.

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As our patron Paul says, "Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus."

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We are Christians. We want to know the mind of Christ. We want to "put on the mind of Christ," as one translation renders Paul's words from Philippians.

To put on the mind of Christ. To seek, and to never stop seeking, a deeper union with God in Christ, so that our thoughts become his thoughts, and our ways become his ways, more and more, and still more.

That is what really matters.

Your brother in Christ,

Wallace+

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