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“This is the very portrait of a vocation: a thing that calls or beckons, that calls inexorably, yet you must strain your ears to catch the voice, that insists on being sought, yet refuses to be found.” P. 48
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“The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender’s inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for everyone else the proper pleasure of ritual.” (22)
Understanding the purpose of rituals would help believers make better sense of the biblical story and better sense of other cultures.
— Jan 15, 2026 08:17PM
Understanding the purpose of rituals would help believers make better sense of the biblical story and better sense of other cultures.
