It brought to mind to me about something I read before. Here it is..
BLESSED ARE THE PURE OF HEART, THEY SHALL SEE GOD
Mt. 5:8
Mt. 5:8
What does pure of heart mean? Does it mean somebody who
has never experienced temptation, someone who lives in an
antiseptic, isolated, trouble free world? I do not think so. The
Spanish writer, Unamuno, puts it this way:
Those who believe they believe in God
But without passion in their heart,
Without anguish of mind,
Without uncertainty
Without doubt
Even at times without despair.......
Believe only in the idea of God
Not in God himself.
Purity of heart and the recognition of God are rooted in daily
reality. They are not found in ecstasy but in struggle. The pure of
heart are seldom aware that they are pure of heart. They are just
trying to be faithful and the words "Lord, have mercy on me, a
sinner" are much more likely to be on their lips than the words,
"Thank you, God, that I am not as the rest of people." Sanity has
been defined as having the same sickness as everyone else.
Insanity, living outside of reality, is thinking that we are unique!
To have a pure heart, then, is to be struggling to be faithful in a
jungle of impurity.
To ask who is pure in heart is, in a sense, to ask a wrong
question. Purity of heart is a direction rather than an
achievement.
has never experienced temptation, someone who lives in an
antiseptic, isolated, trouble free world? I do not think so. The
Spanish writer, Unamuno, puts it this way:
Those who believe they believe in God
But without passion in their heart,
Without anguish of mind,
Without uncertainty
Without doubt
Even at times without despair.......
Believe only in the idea of God
Not in God himself.
Purity of heart and the recognition of God are rooted in daily
reality. They are not found in ecstasy but in struggle. The pure of
heart are seldom aware that they are pure of heart. They are just
trying to be faithful and the words "Lord, have mercy on me, a
sinner" are much more likely to be on their lips than the words,
"Thank you, God, that I am not as the rest of people." Sanity has
been defined as having the same sickness as everyone else.
Insanity, living outside of reality, is thinking that we are unique!
To have a pure heart, then, is to be struggling to be faithful in a
jungle of impurity.
To ask who is pure in heart is, in a sense, to ask a wrong
question. Purity of heart is a direction rather than an
achievement.
I have often wondered why the common comment of people who are seen spending a lot of time in church...praying, etc. are called 'Holy.'
Does this mean that if a person is not seen often in church...daily masses, church activities etc. .. then the person is not holy... Wouldn't it be wise to describe them as prayerful people instead??
People praying for purity of heart..
Because many a times I have found that these very 'prayerful' people are more of a 'holy idiot' as Fr. Gerry Pierce says, those who lack and fail to practice Christian love. Agape??
Why is this so?
Which brings me back to Fr. Marshall's homily which actually was about the 4 monks being told that Jesus was in one of them... So, they started to be nice to each other because they feared that Jesus was in disguise... ;) Haha!
Does this mean that if a person is not seen often in church...daily masses, church activities etc. .. then the person is not holy... Wouldn't it be wise to describe them as prayerful people instead??
People praying for purity of heart..
Because many a times I have found that these very 'prayerful' people are more of a 'holy idiot' as Fr. Gerry Pierce says, those who lack and fail to practice Christian love. Agape??
Why is this so?
Which brings me back to Fr. Marshall's homily which actually was about the 4 monks being told that Jesus was in one of them... So, they started to be nice to each other because they feared that Jesus was in disguise... ;) Haha!
1 comment:
It;s just an expansion of what I was saying...
Hey, girl.. it's heavy stuff now with SPM lurking on the horizon...
Thanks dear, ;)
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