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To: kosta50
Discussions with my fave prof, now deceased, led to the conclusion that the reason for good works is that they are a gift and more fun than bad works.

My becoming a filthy papist has not changed my opinion about that. I would rather be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord than dwell in the tents of wickedness, ceteris paribus and all .... It's just plain nicer here.

3,469 posted on 03/04/2008 9:33:48 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: Mad Dawg
[good works] are a gift and more fun than bad works.

Yes they are. Joy is in giving. Love only gives. Love doesn't ask. When the old owman gave her last two coins in the synagogue, her gift was more than all the money rich Pharisees could muster. And God gives in abudance, and we give Him crumbs. But godo works are ultimately our imitation of Christ. We are like aprentices who learn after the Master, by imitating Him. Being a Chirstian is not just faith; it's everything we do—in faith, walking in Christ's footsteps. It's all works-based.

Mother Theresa's faith may have been full of doubt; but she did more good than all of us put together.

3,473 posted on 03/04/2008 6:15:16 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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