"Franciscanism
is sometimes called an alternative orthodoxy because it invites us all
to sit at God's One Abundant Table, while much of the Christian
tradition has set a scarce table for very few. The Church too often
assumed that people were very simple and so we had to make the laws
complex to protect them from themselves. Jesus and Francis recognized
that people are endlessly diverse, complex and mysterious, and we had
best make the law very simple. Just love your neighbor exactly as you
love yourself."
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from Gateway to Silence by Richard Rohr
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