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The Church Is a Hospital: Why We Go When We Are Sick
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…
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.
- 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.
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.