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The second sign of a Dynamic Catholic is Study.
- Jesus challenged the worldview of every person he encountered.
- God has an incredible dream for each and every one of us. He wants you to become the-bestversion-of-yourself.
- The genius of Catholicism is that everything makes sense in relation to this one idea. Whether you want to use the phrase “growing in holiness” or “becoming a better-version-of-yourself” is entirely up to you. Life is about saying yes to the things that help you to grow in holiness (become the best-version-of-yourself) and no to the things that don’t.
- A world without truth would be a world without joy and meaning.
- Relativism is the theory that there are no absolute truths, but rather that all truth is relative. That is, something that is true for you may not necessarily be true for me. This philosophy is full of contradictions because the idea that nothing is absolute is itself an absolute statement.
- The real problem with relativism is that if there is no place for truth, there is no place for wisdom. Wisdom, by definition, is the ability to discern or judge what is true, good, right, or lasting. Relativism makes wisdom irrelevant.
- If humanity is to make any progress in the coming century, moral relativism must come to an end.
- People deserve answers to their questions, especially those surrounding the faith.
- Catholics have an almost universal inferiority complex around how little they know about their faith.
- Highly engaged Catholics are continuous learners. On average they spend fourteen minutes each day learning more about the faith. They see themselves as students of Jesus and his Church, and they proactively make an effort to allow his teachings to guide and form them.
- Dynamic Catholics have a routine for their continuous learning. Just like with prayer, they don’t learn more about their faith simply when they get around to it. It has a place in their day. They have a plan. They have a routine.
- If you read fives pages of a great Catholic book every day, you will be amazed how your knowledge and enthusiasm for the faith will begin to grow. Five pages a day is 1825 pages in a year, 18250 pages in a decade, and 45625 pages over twenty-five years. That’s 228 books with an average length of two hundred pages.
- If you asked most people to read 45625 pages of Catholic material, they would be completely overwhelmed. If you asked most people to commit to reading 228 Catholic books they would feel intimidated. But five pages a day, we can do that. Continuous improvement- it makes incredible things possible.
- How would your life be different one year from now, five years from now, ten years from now if you read five pages of a great Catholic book each day?
- How would your parish be different one year from now if every parishioner read five pages of a great Catholic book each day? It’s a game changer- simple, practical, powerful, transformative.