MartiW
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 While I hate lists of rules, they are necessary, so. . .
I was visiting other forums (which shall remain nameless) and reading as I often do (I have to stop doing this) when I realized what was wrong with a forum that I stopped in to read. I did not post as it would not have been received as I am Catholic and those who run the forum are not. What overwhelmed me was the "I am right and until you acknowledge that you are worthless slime" type of mentality. Being the Easter season and being of a household that celebrates everything with gatherings around dinner table, I was in the mind of the last supper as I always am this time of year.
When they gathered around the Lord's Table for the Last Supper, 12 men all had different perceptions of the Lord and the truth. 1 knew the truth, 1 had convinced himself that he knew the truth, and the other 10 were still working on it. They sat down to share a meal. Only one man left alone that night. He walked away from the other 11 believing that they were foolish and he knew what was best. The rest left still joined in the communion of Christ. Later the man who knew the truth would deny the truth. Where do we find the others telling him what a slime he is. They did not. He realized what he did and wept in remorse. What of the one who did not know who he followed that said "Yep -- believe it when I see it!" The others did not tell him to go away because he was wrong -- they waited for the Lord to convince him. He fell to his knees crying out "My Lord and My God." Together these men who were at different points in their journey of understanding waited and talked and supported one another giving strength to the family which Christ had established and they were rewarded with the gift of the Holy Spirit who continually returned them to communion with one another through Christ. Together they grew in understanding until their ranks are equal to the number of Christians in the world today.
What of the one who departed alone, leaving his brothers behind in his assertion that he among them was the one who knew best? He wound up alone with only a rope to comfort him.
As we go to Christ for the nourishment of our souls through Scripture, prayer, and communion, how do we go out from His table? Alone or with the rest of the Christian community? Are we growing in knowledge and Spirit while helping and being helped by others? Or are we going out alone convinced that we know it all and only speaking to those we find who agree with what we think so that we stay in one spot never growing?
In the Gospels, Christ showed us how to go out from His table -- united as Christians.
May God bless us as we come together to grow in knowledge and love of the Lord.
Last edited by MartiW, 3/29/2006, 6:34 pm
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DEUS meus, ex toto corde amo Te super omnia, quia es infinite bonus et infinite amabilis; et ob amorem Tui proximum meum diligo sicut meipsum, eique, si quid in me offendit, ignosco.
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3/29/2006, 6:30 pm
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