If you want a good
plant, start with good soil and good seeds.
If these are not in place all sorts of things could happen. I once unknowingly used dirt filled with wild
morning glory seeds. As you might well
imagine, about the only thing grown was wild morning glories. Or thinking you’re planting cosmos and
finding marigolds. There’s a shocker.
In a similar way we
are encouraged to harvest all of our theology, or catechesis, our preaching
from the seeds of Scripture planted firmly in Sacred Tradition. Because it is the Word of God, it constantly
leads us to truth and deeper understanding of our God. (Personal note) When one substitutes or
dismisses the Word or takes the Word but dismisses its Tradition, all kinds of
strange and new (compared with the 2,000 year old understanding of the faith)
start popping up. One need not look very
far to see examples of this. Step off of
the Catholic front lawn and you will find people teaching just about anything
you might want to hear in the name of Christianity.
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