It’s utterly important to learn the right theological truths about God and neighbor, but it’s equally necessary to put that theology into practice via a rule of life. You can’t believe truth without practicing truth, and vice versa. You can’t have a good education without good formation, and vice versa. You can’t know who Jesus is without following Jesus, and vice versa. To live with only one or the other of these things is to live as a half-human being. Only when your habits are constructed to match your worldview do you become someone who doesn’t just know about God and neighbor but someone
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