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Empowerment in a time of pandemic: reflections on Rahner's theology of sickness (COVID-19 blog no. 34)

Empowerment in a time of pandemic: reflections on Rahner's theology of sickness (COVID-19 blog no. 34)

Rahner argues that times of confrontation with sickness and death should be for individual Christians (and so, I would add, for Christian society also) among the most important phases of our lives; an opportunity to anticipate our death, to rehearse surrendering to the grace of the invisible God, and to live life with a renewed hope and energy.