{"id":4502,"date":"2006-11-19T23:54:11","date_gmt":"2006-11-19T23:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/catechetical-gripe-of-the-day.html"},"modified":"2006-11-19T23:54:11","modified_gmt":"2006-11-19T23:54:11","slug":"catechetical-gripe-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/catechetical-gripe-of-the-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Catechetical Gripe of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

(From the take-home booklet based on Luke 10:25-37<\/a>) <\/p>\n

"A man asked Jesus, ‘How can I be a good neighbor?’"<\/p>\n

Er….no he didn’t.<\/a> Which is all the more irritating since the real point of the parable is far more radical than the watered-down and misrepresentative version suggests.<\/p>\n

Trying to fulfill the Schori prophesy, are we?<\/p>\n

One of the things I am hearing more and more from folks is a sort of worried and perplexed, ‘You know, I’m not a liturgical hardliner, but…let me tell you what happened at Mass yesterday." or "I don’t consider myself a conservative or anything, but let me tell you what my kid’s religion teacher said…"<\/p>\n

More on that later. You’re not alone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(From the take-home booklet based on Luke 10:25-37) "A man asked Jesus, ‘How can I be a good neighbor?’" Er….no he didn’t. Which is all the more irritating since the real point of the parable is far more radical than the watered-down and misrepresentative version suggests. Trying to fulfill the Schori prophesy, are we? 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