Making the Connections Quotes

“But there is a danger that we might begin to think of the encounter with God as if it were something radically distinct from our ordinary activities. In fact, we Catholics believe that in Jesus Christ, God rendered the whole of human existence holy. Because of Jesus we should expect to find the sacred not merely juxtaposed to our ordinary lives on a separate, supernatural plane, but in the midst of our ordinary human activities.”
― Richard R. Gaillardetz, Making the Connections: A Spirituality for Catechists

“Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. Note that in this new commandment there is no explicit mention of God. This is typical of the Johannine tradition’s perception of the radical union of love of God and love of neighbor.”
― Richard R. Gaillardetz, Making the Connections: A Spirituality for Catechists

“You see, the point of the floodlights is not to draw attention to themselves but rather to illuminate the statue. So it is with all of the Church’s symbolic expressions of God’s revelation in general, and Church doctrine in particular. They do not exist to be the focus of our attention but rather to illuminate the beauty of God and God’s saving action in our lives.”
― Richard R. Gaillardetz, Making the Connections: A Spirituality for Catechists

“The Bible, the liturgy, creeds, doctrinal pronouncements and personal testimony—these are all simply diverse symbolic expressions of the one revelation of God in Christ.”
― Richard R. Gaillardetz, Making the Connections: A Spirituality for Catechists