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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito
You know I thought similar, but I accompanied her last year when she did it and I was impressed. At least one person was driven to tears by the experience, and we had several people said that they were happy we were there because work obligations prevented them from going to the ash Wednesday services at their churches. And a lot of those who refused actually talked to us to find out more about what we were doing.
On another note I got my Prayerbook and the Guide today and I am excited for both.
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Hope it goes as well this year. And enjoy the new books.
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Originally Posted by Cen1aur 1963
I feel you and I think that's cool as hell that you feel this way. But you can't help everybody, even some homeless folks. Would you help somebody who didn't want to help themselves? Because that's how it is with some folks. I don't think Jesus helped folks who didn't want to help themselves.
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Lots of people, starting with Aesop, have said "God helps those who help themselves," but Jesus wasn't one of them, nor is it anywhere else in Scripture.
It seems to me that the heart of the Gospel, and what Jesus's ministry was all about, is that
none of us are able to help ourselves and
none of us deserve God's grace, and yet he freely offers it to all.
If we deserved it, even if only because we wanted to help ourselves, it wouldn't be grace.