{"id":469,"date":"2011-04-15T08:22:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T15:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=469"},"modified":"2011-04-15T08:22:31","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T15:22:31","slug":"we-need-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/we-need-works\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">D<\/span>uring Lent, I am reading the Desert Fathers. On occasion I will post sayings that strike me during my <i>Lectio<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Abba James said, &#8220;We do not only need words, for at the present time there are many words among men; but we need works, for this is what is required &#8211; not words that do not bear fruit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This of course harkens back to the Letter of Saint James (2:14-18):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?<\/p>\n<p>If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day,  and one of you says to them, &#8220;Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,&#8221; but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Indeed someone might say, &#8220;You have faith and I have works.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s all well and good to say you have faith, or that you believe, but faith is not enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Lent, I am reading the Desert Fathers. On occasion I will post sayings that strike me during my Lectio. Abba James said, &#8220;We do not only need words, for at the present time there are many words among men; but we need works, for this is what is required &#8211; not words that do not bear fruit.&#8221; This of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wisdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-7z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-call-to-vocation\/","url_meta":{"origin":469,"position":0},"title":"A Call to Vocation?","author":"Thom","date":"23 November 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Today at Mass, two odd things happened. First, I should mention for those not Catholic that today's second reading at Mass was from the Epistle of Saint James, specifically 2:14-18. What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Francine my love&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Francine my love","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/francine-my-love\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":105636,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/my-lord-and-my-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":469,"position":1},"title":"My Lord and My God","author":"Thom","date":"03 July 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle! Today wasn't always his feast. In fact in my Monastic Diurnal, today is the Memorial of Saints Processus and Martinian. I'm sure these holy martyrs will forgive me if I choose to celebrate the Apostle today as well, since he is my name saint.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":108762,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/saint-thomas-apostle-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":469,"position":2},"title":"My Lord and My God","author":"Thom","date":"03 July 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle! Today wasn't always his feast. In fact in my Monastic Diurnal, today is the Memorial of Saints Processus and Martinian. His main feast was celebrated for centuries on 21 December, the day when tradition has it he was run though by spears, wielded by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18011,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-year-of-faith-begins\/","url_meta":{"origin":469,"position":3},"title":"The Year of Faith Begins","author":"Thom","date":"11 October 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a \"Year of Faith\" to run from today, 11 October 2012, through to 24 November 2013. Pastoral guidelines have been published that call for prayer, celebrations, pilgrimages, catechetical events, missions, and new forms of evangelization. The Pope calls us to profess the faith, celebrate the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Logo_Latin-240x339.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":38548,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/another-reason-why\/","url_meta":{"origin":469,"position":4},"title":"Another Reason Why","author":"Thom","date":"17 January 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Codex Calixtinus Folio 4r,showing Saint James Some time ago, I ruminated on why. Why do the Camino? Here\u2019s another answer, from the very first guide book to the Camino, the Codex Calixtinus, written some time in the XIIth Century: The pilgrim route is a very good thing, but it is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Codex Calixtinus Folio 4r, showing Saint James","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Codex_Calixtinus_Liber_Sancti_Jacobi_F0173k.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":86442,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/saint-elizabeth-ann-seton\/","url_meta":{"origin":469,"position":5},"title":"Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton","author":"Thom","date":"04 January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy eleventh day of Christmas! I've been sick in bed the past few days, so there's no coherent post today - just some scattered notes. Today is the memorial of the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. 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