Henri de Lubac says, "The Eucharist makes the church," and the church is more than just a Moose Lodge for Christians. The church is a social space in its own right, an enactment of the politics of Jesus. This does not mean that the church should become a political party or interject party politics into the liturgy. It means the church should help create -- in collaboration with non-Christians too -- spaces of peace, charity and just economic exchange.
-William Cavanaugh
William Cavanaugh is a great voice speaking about the Churches role in the world. Too often, we as Christians have been an extension of the state instead of a prophetic voice speaking against its promotion of violence. The politics of Jesus were not and are not of any kingdom here on earth. We are to be a community that disciplines and is disciplined. The faithful must find ways to be a city on a hill instead of allowing the nation to be it for us.
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