Faith is a journey into darkness,
into not-knowing." ~Richard Rohr
into not-knowing." ~Richard Rohr
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Holy Saturday
HOLY SATURDAY
Question of the day: How does one embrace the time of waiting before resurrection?
To be a Christian means to be an optimist because we know what happened on the third day. We know that it worked, that Jesus' leap of faith was not in vain. His trust was not in vain, and the Father raised him up.
He trusted enough to outstare the darkness, to outstare the void, to wait upon the resurrection of the third day, not to try to create his own but to wait upon the resurrection of God.
Good Friday inevitably comes into every life. So does Holy Saturday. What is given to God is always returned transformed. That is the eternal third day that we forever await.
LT: I find it so encouraging for my soul to know that Jesus was completely human. And even though he was completely God, Jesus still had to trust his Father. It wasn't "oh I'm God's son, I got it all figured it."
The relationship between Father and Son is real. It involves trust, love, submission, "My Father, what do you want?" (Matt. 26.39) - isn't that the same question Jesus asked the bling guy, Bartimaeous "what do you want?" And in Matt. 26.42 Jesus says "I'm ready. Do it your way."
Jesus' leap of faith strengthens and encourages me in my journey.
Question of the day: How does one embrace the time of waiting before resurrection?
To be a Christian means to be an optimist because we know what happened on the third day. We know that it worked, that Jesus' leap of faith was not in vain. His trust was not in vain, and the Father raised him up.
He trusted enough to outstare the darkness, to outstare the void, to wait upon the resurrection of the third day, not to try to create his own but to wait upon the resurrection of God.
Good Friday inevitably comes into every life. So does Holy Saturday. What is given to God is always returned transformed. That is the eternal third day that we forever await.
LT: I find it so encouraging for my soul to know that Jesus was completely human. And even though he was completely God, Jesus still had to trust his Father. It wasn't "oh I'm God's son, I got it all figured it."
The relationship between Father and Son is real. It involves trust, love, submission, "My Father, what do you want?" (Matt. 26.39) - isn't that the same question Jesus asked the bling guy, Bartimaeous "what do you want?" And in Matt. 26.42 Jesus says "I'm ready. Do it your way."
Jesus' leap of faith strengthens and encourages me in my journey.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Spiritual Awakening
"The day of my spiritual awakening,"
says the beguine mystic, Mechtild of Magdeburg (1210-1280),
"was the day I saw and knew I saw
all things in God and God in all things."
says the beguine mystic, Mechtild of Magdeburg (1210-1280),
"was the day I saw and knew I saw
all things in God and God in all things."
Albert Nolan, a Dominican priest from South Africa, is the author of Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom. Not many people address the developmental, spirituality or maturing process of Jesus - who was both fully human and God.
This book is a great end-read after 4 years of studying with Marywood Dominican Center. In some ways I wish I had read it first, but then again I may not have been ready to receive what it had to say.
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