Monday, July 16, 2007

Gospel Freedom

"Most people look at Christian morality...as an oppressive list of rules to follow. How far this misunderstanding is from the "living morality" proclaimed by Christ! The Gospel doesn't give us more rules to follow. The Gospel is meant to change our hearts so that we no longer need the rules...To the degree that we experience this change of heart we experience "freedom from the law" (see Rom 7; Gal 5)--not fredom to break the law; freedom to fulfill it."

"Theology of the Body for Beginners" by Christopher West, page 40, based off the teachings of Pope John Paul II