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+On “Benedict option”
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+
+:date: 2015-09-26T16:52:00
+:category: faith
+:tags: cultureWar, Catholics, Benedict option, blogcomment
+
+(originally started as a comment on `the article on First
+Things`_, but seriously extended).
+
+.. _`the article on First Things`:
+    http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/09/a-franciscan-moment
+
+If the point of this article is that the Protestant evangelicals
+and Catholics should put down their war axes and unite against
+the common enemy, that is consumerism, atheism and the culture of
+death, I like it very much.
+
+I am not sure what actually “The Benedict Option” means
+exactly. Of course, the work of St. Benedict and ability of
+Christian to rebuild civilization on ruins of the Roman Empire is
+admirable. I am just getting more and more worried by the talks
+about the Benedict option, because it feels to me more and more
+like supporting the idea of the isolation of us, nice Christians,
+from the awful world surrounding us. Actually I believe that
+“the holy huddle” of Christians isolating themselves from the
+world is one of the biggest dangers for the propagation of
+Gospel. I see St. Benedict and his followers (and even more St.
+Francis, of course) as being passionately involved in the world
+around them.
+
+Yes, monasteries provided much needed back office for the
+movement; yes, the current Church desperately needs better and
+more Christian education, because the level of ignorance among
+Christians about their own faith, history etc. is alarming.
+However, as a general principle, I believe we need to get more
+involved in the world, not less, we should have more
+non-Christian friends, not less, we should learn more about the
+secular non-Christian thinking not less, etc.
+
+For the answer what to do, I really like the concept of `Creative
+Minorities`_ As a Czech (and even worse as a Czech Protestant)
+living as member of the "hopeless" Christian minority in
+otherwise agnostic nation, I believe the creative minority,
+participating but faithful, is the only solution.
+
+.. _`Creative Minorities`:
+    http://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/01/on-creative-minorities
+
+I had a sermon on this explaining the first chapter of Daniel
+(the notes_ and very poor `audio record`_ are available).
+
+.. _notes:
+    https://matej.ceplovi.cz/clanky/daniel_1.pdf
+.. _`audio record`:
+    http://www.praguefellowship.cz/pages/Portals/9/2015-3-15.mp3