Thought of the Week

Frederick Buechner

“A sacrament is the breaking through if the sacred into the profane...”

—Frederick Buechner

Wishful Thinking

A sacrament is the breaking through of the sacred into the profane; a ritual is the ceremonial acting ut of the profane in order to show forth it's sacredness.  A sacrament is God's offering his holiness to human beings; a ritual is human beings raising up the holiness of their humanity to God.

-Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking 

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