"The sixth thing to have nailed down:


"Belief and works are one"


More from that "top secret" big time asset of His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI!

Whose name, of course, is Robert Wolgemuth, a sort of non - Catholic Christian top - ranking Opus Dei personality.

His rock'em sock'em Christian best seller?

Seven Things You Better Have Nailed Down Before All Hell Breaks Loose.

Page 152. More on 1 Peter 2:9 - 12:

"Yet in our careers,we have drawn a disturbing line between secular work and full - time Christian work.

"The New Testament apostles would not have approved.

"You are a chosen people, the apostle Peter wrote to ordinary folks, including painters, musicians, writers, bricklayers,doctors, farmers, teachers, and ministers, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

"First - century folks reading these words may have been as shocked as those high school seniors in our living room.

"But Peter was unequivocal.

"You are a full - time professional priest, regardless of your vocation.

"What this means is that you and I, as people of faith, are always people of faith regardless of where we are or what we do."

I'm the priest on call...


"We're always on call.

"When someone has a flat tire in the parking lot, I'm the priest on call.

"When our kid's friend gets pregnant, when the neighbor's lawn is overgrown because he's visiting a sick relative out of town, when our pastor calls for volunteers to help with the children, we're the priests on call.

"And when tragedy hits people who have thoroughly intergrated faith and works, they don't panic and collapse in despair.

"People of faith know who they are: priests on call."