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We believe that God is both transcendent and immanent. But we seem to pick a side.
Some choose to emphasize the transcendent and thus something like the Latin Mass ad Orientem: God is infinitely Holy and distinct from us out there somewhere.
Others choose to emphasize the immanent and something like the contemporary Mass facing the congregation. God is in out midst and in each one of us. We must give more attention to social justice.
The problem is getting fixated on either extreme to the exclusion of the other. There is more likely a continuum of where we stand on that choice. But it really is a question of balance.
Some choose to emphasize the transcendent and thus something like the Latin Mass ad Orientem: God is infinitely Holy and distinct from us out there somewhere.
Others choose to emphasize the immanent and something like the contemporary Mass facing the congregation. God is in out midst and in each one of us. We must give more attention to social justice.
The problem is getting fixated on either extreme to the exclusion of the other. There is more likely a continuum of where we stand on that choice. But it really is a question of balance.
