The Liturgical guide lines, announces conclusion of the contemporary, "Advent-Christmas-Epiphany" annual, adventure, yet, not an ending, but, the beginnings. The beginnings of what, of a deeper spiritual immersion, into , The Mystery Of The Incarnation. Our Immersion into The Mystery Mystery, challenges us to get into action. To be a people, who see the challenge, and make the choice actively respond. Not just by reflection and prayer, but by an active participation in meaning-full responses to one of the most pressing challenges we are being faced with. One of the great complaints we hear is, " Why is it you pray a lot to Jesus, yet you do , NOT, actively follow His example, requests, and teachings". Such is, a valid criticism of those who profess one thing, but are living out a life, that is so contradictory to the authentic, social teachings, of the Gospels. For those, who choose the path of indifference, lukewarmness, read Revelations 3: 15 and 16.
Indifference, is one of the, great sins, of the society we have been placed in. Take time to reflect, meditate, but, please, not for long. Do not hide away in, the comfort of complacency , while today's Christ Child, Cosmic Christ, suffers in a way that is so, unacceptable to the point of being reprehensible. How can the obvious complacency, and criminal neglect, be justified ? The withholding, and denial of resources, both spiritual and material are headlines every place we look, yet the deprivations continue, with no hope of any immediate solution. The Christ Child was denied a comfortable, and hygienic place to be born. His life was immediately threatened, He and His family became immigrants. Immigrants in a strange country. There is a connection, between the two, The Christ Child of Bethlehem, and The Christ Child Who is starved, hunted, deported when found. To day's Christ Child is being deprived of so much. He is the victim of, deprivation and neglect. We can hide behind many smokescreens, but this essential truth must to be faced, each child, IS, The Christ Child. They are not two, they are a single presence, they are, ONE. Belief in that oneness, and Oneness,
Our non binary thinking welcomes that, ONENESS. What personal, and cosmic challenge ,do you see as inherent in this way of seeing, ? Now for the challenge !!!!! I cannot attempt to delineate the chosen challenge you have been uniquely gifted, for. Out of your encounter with silence, emptiness, and nothingness you will be led. Let it bubble, up from within your, depths. It will.
That is why your presence has been planned. How personal your creation has been. You have been outfitted for the challenges of these moments. Most are not called to be heroic, but all of us, cannot play the safe card of, indifference and disconnectedness, All we can do is our best, and The Creative Spirit, will do the rest. We must face this challenging truth,The,Creative Spirit, is not codependent. Anything that we can do, will not be done for, us. Paul," The gifts , talents, and abilities we have been given, ARE NOT FOR OURSELVES, but for the building up, of, the common good," By the call, inherent in your birthing, we must be proactive. Read Matthew 25, if there is a desire to become complacent, dis-engaged.
The Living Crib, which has chosen your depths to be it's dwelling place, will continue to offer you inspiration, and as a consequence, challenges. This is The Truth you have been called to, incarnate. feed, nourish, house, and defend. It is not about the birthing of The Christ Child, we have no choice but to make sure He has all that he needs , to have life and have it to the fullest. You are our contemporary, Mary. Yes !!! we rely on your "Yes", to continue the sacred birthing, that makes The Mystery of The Incarnation a continuing reality. Non binary vision, presents us with a oneness, in all of humanity. This echos Paul when he sees no Jew or Gentile, free person or slave. All are one, in The Body. Today that Christic Presence, is, us. Us, we, women and men alike, are called to give birth to the contemporary Christ. We are The Parents, called to protect, and defend, The Christ Child being born into these rather challenging, and for sometimes terrifying conditions.. Today's Herods are seeking out, and searching for, The Christ, in the most inhumane way possible. You have read the many documented accounts. They are a eye witness account of today's, active , living Golgotha. As a result we do not have to go to The Stations of The Cross, in a church or places of prayer to have visuals of a living, essential, Calvary. There are layers of meaning, to found and confronted. The Incarnation, lives, and cries out to you and I. The concrete results.......
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