Egocentricism

“You see how faith accomplishes a revolution in us, one which we can call Copernican; it removes us from the centre and puts God at the centre; faith immerses us in his love and gives us security, strength, and hope.” Pope Francis – Welcoming ceremony for young people

Even as science marches on we keep having to disprove the theory of Egocentricism* where everything in the universe orbits around us. To learn and relearn that we should revolve around the Son. From our own center God seems so far away that there seems to be no visible parallax. We need a Teleoscope to see final causes and that it is not all about us.

Interesting that in the welcoming ceremony at WYD that the Pope referenced Copernicus who was of course Polish and certainly spent time in Krakow and was where one of the universities he attended was. Bonus that Copernicus was likely a priest or at the minimum had taken minor orders. Although I am sure this was a coincidence and not a hint ahead of time where the next WYD will bee.

• Certainly ego is an anagram of geo

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