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Since ceremonies and rituals do not save anyone,...

Are you sure about that?
Absolutely sure... like your Faith life depends on it???
I thought about you as this scripture reading popped up in Mass today, ironically...

From Jonah:

6 Then tidings reached the king of Nin′eveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he made proclamation and published through Nin′eveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, or drink water,
8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands.
9 Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?”

10 When GOD SAW WHAT THEY DID, how they turned from their evil way,
God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them;
and he DID NOT do it.

Rituals... can't live with them, can't live without them ?

Are you sure about that? Absolutely sure... like your Faith life depends on it???

Rituals to not make spiritual reality happen.

Luke 18:9-14 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”