have seen so many Christians, on the one hand, and justice activists, on the other, who are morally correct in their actions but spiritually quite immature—doing the right things for the wrong reasons. (This was one of the major reasons I founded the Center for Action and Contemplation nearly forty years ago, and it is still true.) Some live a countercultural lifestyle, not really to help the poor, but to be seen as counterculturally chic. Many Catholics, meanwhile, assume we are saved by doing church rules right and not really by the pure grace and experienced love of God that radically
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