[Hermann the Cherusker]

His people are "sacred" but inanimate buildings never can be.

Why does Canon Law refer to "Sacred Places"? Why is there a rite for the "Reconciliation of a Church Building After a Sacrilege"?

[January24th]

...sacred places.

I give a full nod to our innate sense of place and I agree that God sets places apart as "holy unto the Lord." I'm merely making a distinction between holy action being considered inappropriate in a "holy place." It's the Presence that makes it Holy, not the placement.

You know, doctrine is nice, but the words of Christ reveal even his frustration with church leaders who insisted that rite, ritual, and traditional practice were to be preferred before meeting human need or Godly relationship. Folks didn't flock to Jesus because of his command of Pharasaical law. They were oppressed by all of it. Jesus' harshest criticism was directed at the Church leaders of his day because of this very same attitude: let's clean up the appearance of our actions, but not our hearts.

Jesus said some "not very nice" things to church leaders that would get His comments pulled from this thread.