Ex Umbris Et Imaginibus (Fr John Hogan) had an excellent blog post yesterday on what this whole renewal of the Church in Ireland is really about. Here is a paragraph.
"At the end of the day, renewal is a long process simply because, being human, bishops, priests and people have to change. Renewal, you see, is not about changing structures and dogmas, but about changing hearts: ultimately renewal is achieved in union with personal conversion - that daily conversion which the Lord requires of all of us. The mistake many of our "liberals" make is exactly the same as that of Marxism and other political ideologies: they think that by changing the structures we can change the Church for the better (we won't mention the fact that many of the changes they want to make are contrary to the teachings of Christ). I think the Soviet Union stands as a good example of how false this belief actually is. It is people who need to change. Speaking in terms of faith, if our Church is going to be a better Church, then the members of that Church need to be more like the founder of our Church, Jesus Christ: they need to be holy. When people are holy, then virtue ensures that the structures are just, right and good. The reform of the Church in Ireland begins with me." (Complete post)
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