{"id":2149,"date":"2009-02-24T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2009\/02\/desperate-for-meaning-and-relevance-in-their-religion\/"},"modified":"2017-01-26T19:35:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T00:35:06","slug":"desperate-for-meaning-and-relevance-in-their-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2009\/02\/desperate-for-meaning-and-relevance-in-their-religion.html","title":{"rendered":"desperate for meaning and relevance in their religion&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u201cThe reason people do these things (as well as turning to Eastern forms of meditation, New Age Spirituality, liturgical dance, etc.) is because they are desperate for meaning and relevance in their religion, and no one has taken the time and trouble to explain the meaning and relevance of the traditions and customs and devotions and sacramentals they already have. So they have to invent new \u2018creative, fresh and innovative\u2019 ways to be relevant.\u201d -Fr. 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