The same Spirit that Jesus received now rests on anyone who follows him. -- Fr Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation, May 31, 2023
It is valid, it is allowed, it is encouraged to learn to live by the Way of Love, the teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon, my Primer, is still my go-to when I am stuck in self.
It is not a "spiritual bypass" to commit our self to reliance on God and the teachings of God, to know our answers are spiritual in nature no matter our personal piques and vales.
According to Fr Richard, The forces of empire and establishment will tell you that’s a worthy cause but impossible in this day and age. They are wrong...What it takes are disciples who together follow the Way of Love.
My personal proof of that came just two days ago: A brand new insight about me at age 10 (during the period of my brother's illness and death) had popped, totally unexpected. It all but announced itself as the missing link I'd sought for so long.
I was sharing that period with my friend, a Methodist minister, and in the share the words valid hurt came from my mouth. Both my friend and I repeated them and smiled.
Those two words, valid hurt, "explained," forgave, clarified and ratified me then, my brother then, me now...and God into the mix. I had neither inclination nor need to analyze or even ponder them further.
What it takes are disciples who together follow the Way of Love...the way of I shall fight no more forever, the way of We have ceased fighting everything and everybody, the way of Resist not evil.
For the selectively Hard of Hearing, the way of ego-deflation in depth.
Thank you.
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