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The Church Is a Hospital: Why We Go When We Are Sick
What the video says
The speaker compares the church to a spiritual hospital. People go to a hospital when they are sick, not when they are well, and they do not go to stay there forever. In the same way, we go to the church and to our spiritual father because all of us are spiritually sick. The goal is not to remain sick but to get better. He describes the process: at a hospital a person is triaged, diagnosed, given the proper medication, and when they get better they are discharged.
Key moments
- The church is a spiritual hospital, and people go to a hospital when they are sick, not when they are well.
- We do not go to the hospital to stay forever, and we do not seek advice from a doctor, nurse or paramedic unless something is wrong.
- We go to the church and relate to a spiritual father because all of us are spiritually sick.
- The goal should not be that we remain sick but that we get better.
- At the hospital a person is triaged, diagnosed, given the proper medication, and discharged when they get better.
A speaker in a clip from Fr. Ted Talks, streaming on Logos Cinema, compares the church to a spiritual hospital. He begins with the way hospitals work: people go to a hospital when they are sick, not when they are well, and no one seeks advice from a doctor, nurse or paramedic unless something is wrong. In the same way, we go to the church and relate to a spiritual father because all of us are spiritually sick.
He stresses that we do not go to a hospital to stay there forever, and the goal in the spiritual life should not be that we remain sick but that we get better. He then describes the process a patient goes through: at a hospital a person is triaged, diagnosed, given the proper medication, and discharged when they get better. The clip is presented as a short promotional post inviting viewers to comment to receive where to watch.
Main points
- The church is a spiritual hospital, and people go to a hospital when they are sick, not when they are well.
- No one seeks advice from a doctor, nurse or paramedic unless something is wrong.
- We go to the church and relate to a spiritual father because all of us are spiritually sick.
- The goal should not be that we remain sick but that we get better.
- At a hospital a person is triaged, diagnosed, given the proper medication, and discharged when they get better.