" Unwavering is His kindness towards us, and the faith-full-ness of the Lord, endures forever" Psalm 117
" Come Holy Spirit come, and fill the heart of this, faithless one." (jih)
"Preach the Gospel wherever you may go, and, when necessary, use, words" St.Francis of Assisi
Well, as you work through your daily slog, what is the Gospel, that you are gifting your cosmic home with? What is the song you are singing, as you supply words to through your actions ? To those who are companions on this challenging journey, what is the life giving gospel message, the life enhancing bread
that they are receiving, from your song of action? The life story they are reading, and being educated by, may be the only Bible they will ever have the privilege of reading.
They will be taught from you wordless preaching the depth of mystery ,that is coming to consciousness through your lived encounters with The Paschal Mystery. Yes !! all of your life tells a story, which is the revelation of Infinite Truth.That story is told ,under the guidance ,of The Holy Spirit. Where The Spirit is there also is, living out an infinite story of love with Beloved Son, and The Prodigal Father. There is NEVER a moment that we are not caught up in the embrace of, The Holy Trinity.Can we get the message across that we are not journeying into hellish suffering, alone. We are following in the footsteps of Him Who is, God, enfleshed within the confines of our, fleshiness.
We are being strengthened by Him, who is in all, reality, otherwise it is not real. our strength finds its originThe Suffering Servant of His Father, whose reality we exude. As we grow in our suffering surrendering, gifts are gifted way beyond anything we could ever imagine. This life giving strength has Its origins in our depths. For, this life-giving strength, to come to consciousness a life of in depth prayer, is asked, NO, demanded of us. We have to look, through our Gospel lenses, at the lived experienced, of our abused, again crucified , suffering Christ.
Where did that first horrendous abuse and crucifixion take place ? "The name of the place was Golgotha". We do not have Alligator Alcatraz, we have, GOLGOTHA, YES, Golgotha, presented, this time ,in living color. It is mind boggling, as these acts of abuse and can be presented to the nation, a supposedly Christian one, as something to be publicized, admired, and now, unfortunately imitated. What deranged minds could ever condone, not to mind imitate, such places of horrendous abuse, dehumanization and barbarity of the beloved daughters and sons of our common Father. We a have ICE detention centers, whose real names must be recognized, for what they really are, Golgotha !!! Where Jesus our brother was originally abused, ridiculed, tortured, and ultimately, crucified. The ignominious death reserved only for runaway slaves. Golgotha, Calvary is front of us. "Let those who have eyes, let them see. Let those who have ears, let them hear." Let those who have hands, and feet, let them become the contemporary Simon and Veronica for todays reality, of Suffering Reality.
A realistic picture from todays dysfunctional country, world of the Body of The Crucified One, can it be replaced with the face of a child, returning to it's empty home. Mom and dad have been carted away, to be deported ? Is it possible for us to stop, and honestly imagine the feelings of abandonment these our sisters and brothers are forced to endure ? The many myself included, who have to deal with abandonment issues, can more than just empathize, they are blessed to be able to be a, compassionate presence. Veronica and Simon will leave the Gospel pages and become, living presences for todays suffering and abused, Jesus Christ. Each follower of Christ must allow themselves to be challenged, ever anew, by these existential treats to our, Gospel values.
To add to the insanity of the reality we are asked to survive, and live in, we have the shooting of school children, gathered in the school's community, Eucharistic celebration. They were in celebratory prayer honoring the Essential Mystery of our faith. With the flash of a gun, these Innocents became Its horrendous reality. Here is a question, is there any distinction to be made, between the children's blood on the floor, and The Precious Blood, in the chalice ?? Are they not both , The Blood of Christ ?? Where does this encounter with rawboned Reality lead you to?
Let us take whatever constructive we can to bring about.The Kingdom, of real peace, equal justice, for all, and real transforming love. This IS ON its way, let us give it a boost, so the reality may be hurried along. A stunned, and mystified great grandpa Joe. Why did I have so long that The Crucifixion has become so enfleshed in my reality ??? Love, prayers, blessings.
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