We’ll be right back, after this brief word from St. Anthony the Great
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Apologies for non-activity. As sometimes happens, life has been throwing us some curve balls these days. And they’d be darned interesting to blog about, but ironically, they don’t leave me enough time and energy left over to do so.
But here’s something brief that’s probably better than whatever I would drone on about anyway. This week I sat in with a catechism class and the subject of confession came up. (Hm. Now that I think about it, that subject often comes up when I appear unexpectedly. I wonder why that is.) (adjusting ‘Chief of Sinners’ neon sign as I speak)
It was a good discussion, and I was still thinking about the humility we’re called to when I read this in “Daily Lives” the next day:
Place your sins before you and look through them to God.
– St. Anthony the GreatThere is so much there to contemplate. In those eleven words, St. Anthony encapsulates both the harrowing aspect of the sacrament of confession and the indescribable hope that gives it all meaning. If you don’t get the first part right, you’re just wimping out. But if you don’t realize what we’re hoping for, then you’ll only grow colder and colder — more self-righteous, more juridical. Without love, you’ll never be able to approach God. I’ve made both mistakes, and still do. By the grace of God, I aspire to live in both those realities, because that friction kindles a flame in a person that never goes out.
Well, I’m waxing eloquent and I said I wouldn’t. More to say after I’ve batted a few curve balls.
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- Beginning to Pray by Anthony Bloom
- Presidential candidates for A Great Awakening
- About meditation
- Moses and the fox
- St. Sisoes
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Hmmm… life gets in the way of my blogging.
I’ve never seen that quote. It is amazing to think about. Thanks!
Prayers and hugs to you.