Progress became a secular god, a new form of hope for secular man in the 19th century, a progress that would lead to freedom. It was not to be.
Monday of 2nd Week in Lent
The call of Jesus in Matthew, which we heard at Mass on Saturday, was to “be perfect, as the heavenly Father.” In Luke’s redaction we heard today, the call is to “be merciful, as the heavenly Father.” If we understand that the root meaning of perfection is
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