You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. (Jn 8:23)
To which world do i belong?
Sin, all that separates me from the Divine and ties me to this world. Am i so preoccupied with my own safety and comfort, my own status and public image that i fail God and doom myself to a lesser life and a worldly death? Behold Paradise! Birds sing and the trees become vivid green in the sunshine! Yet, mechanical noise and pollution, poverty, aggression, all the stress and distraction, avarice and aversion, they seem to be the reality of urban life. Is this my reality? Heaven and Earth separated? Is this the truth of my being?
Wisdom says no. 'On Earth as it is in Heaven' ... with the knowledge of unconditional love here and now, i know a tightening of the heart, tears of joy and loss, a special energy, a renewal of passion to serve all. A indescribable power floods me. There is another Truth. The Christ affirms this for all mankind, again and again and again. Faith and a willingness to be in that Truth here and now, however worldly my situation, lifts me from the muck and shows me that place in which the Lord dwells. I know there is more, but like the Pharisees, have i become so hardened that i no longer see life and living as magic, a brilliant and inexplicable mystery, a Truth in which i know i share a place with the Son of Man in grace and mercy, in the Holy Spirit?
To which world to i choose to belong?
There is a choice. Mary said 'yes', we heard at the Annunciation. Am i strong enough to say 'yes' too?
And having said 'yes' am i strong enough to persevere?
I wont know unless i try. May God be with me in His grace and love as i stand and fall, as i make my way through this world ... living and dying in His World Truth.
Deo gratias.
To which world do i belong?
Sin, all that separates me from the Divine and ties me to this world. Am i so preoccupied with my own safety and comfort, my own status and public image that i fail God and doom myself to a lesser life and a worldly death? Behold Paradise! Birds sing and the trees become vivid green in the sunshine! Yet, mechanical noise and pollution, poverty, aggression, all the stress and distraction, avarice and aversion, they seem to be the reality of urban life. Is this my reality? Heaven and Earth separated? Is this the truth of my being?
Wisdom says no. 'On Earth as it is in Heaven' ... with the knowledge of unconditional love here and now, i know a tightening of the heart, tears of joy and loss, a special energy, a renewal of passion to serve all. A indescribable power floods me. There is another Truth. The Christ affirms this for all mankind, again and again and again. Faith and a willingness to be in that Truth here and now, however worldly my situation, lifts me from the muck and shows me that place in which the Lord dwells. I know there is more, but like the Pharisees, have i become so hardened that i no longer see life and living as magic, a brilliant and inexplicable mystery, a Truth in which i know i share a place with the Son of Man in grace and mercy, in the Holy Spirit?
To which world to i choose to belong?
There is a choice. Mary said 'yes', we heard at the Annunciation. Am i strong enough to say 'yes' too?
And having said 'yes' am i strong enough to persevere?
I wont know unless i try. May God be with me in His grace and love as i stand and fall, as i make my way through this world ... living and dying in His World Truth.
Deo gratias.
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