LORD, PLEASE LET ME SEE (Mt. 19:16-24)

   There are many ways to be blind besides physical blindness.  We can be personally  blind like the rich young man who identified himself as his money.  In order to get him to find his true self and human dignity and integrity, Jesus told him  to get rid of his riches.  Trapped in his false self, the young man walked away from Jesus.  

   We can be morally blind when we fail to see right from wrong.  A deeply sad example comes from political leaders who cater to the worst emotions of their people in order to get re-elected so they can continue to cater to their people's worst emotions.    

   We can be socially blind when we restrict our American citizenship to our own little physical and social "hometown" values, and look with suspicion and even hatred upon people who are different from us.

    Also, many of us are refusing to wear masks in public.  Blind to the truth that every right carries a responsibility, they claim that they have a right to act dangerously without caring for the people they may harm or even kill, 

    All these forms of blindness are examples of spiritual blindness.  These acts are examples of the loss of the dignity and integrity of our very soul that makes us humans.  

   "Lord, please let me see."  Christ has already answered our prayer.  In his Light, which is the Light of the World (Jn. 8:12) we are "everyday mystics" who can see the truth of our humanity and spirituality.  And we are "everyday prophets" who are called and enabled to "proclaim" Christ's truth by our actions to help people open their eyes and see the truth that in the One Body of Christ, we are all one regardless of color, nationality, social standing, etc., 

   In the darkness of today's society, Christ is depending upon us.  

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"Blind to the truth that every right carries a responsibility."  I like that idea.  LSP New Jersey

   

   

      

WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US

   Back in 1970, Walt Kelly put these words in the mouth of his cartoon  character, Pogo.  Last week they came true, "thanks" to no one other than the President of the United States.

   In normal times an attack on our Capitol by insurrectionists would have been condemned at the highest levels of our government.  But these are not normal times.  This unholy attack was caused by President Donald Trump, aided and abetted by Congressional Republicans, who have lost all sense of duty, honor and patriotism.  The Republican Party has passed into history and has been replaced by the Trumpist Party.

   Why do I write this in a blog that deals with spirituality?  Because the attack on our Capitol is more than just a moral disgrace.  I can't say that the attackers had any real understanding of what they were doing.  They were beyond clear thinking and judging.  Beyond morality.

   Aided and abetted by our President, they showed that they had dehumanized themselves.  As a result they fell into the spiritually deformed hell of mindless killers--killers of our government, of our Constitution, and even of our fellow humans.

   I am furiously angry at what the insurrectionists did.  But I am not angry at them.  I mourn for them.  More than correction, they need resurrection. I specially mourn the youngest among them, like the young man pictured hanging from a balcony.  All that youth, all that possibility, all that hope and love, being horribly wasted!  Because of a spiritually dead President.

   Donald Trump leaves behind him a wasteland of millions of Americans who permitted themselves to be led into a spiritual swamp of ignorance, suspicious and hatred.  It will take a miracle to restore far too many of our brother and sister Americans to reasonability and genuine caring for the soul and wholeness of America.

   Benjamin Franklin famously said, "We have given you a republic, if you can keep it."  Our founders knew that in order for America to live and thrive, we need a strong family life, a a strong faith life and a strong sense of public service.  Our President and the insurrectionists attacked all three.  But they are not "others."  They are our brothers and sisters in Christ.  We have a very serious family problem.

    May God bless us with the understanding and will to restore our beloved country to the ideals of our Founders, and to be graced with the love and beauty that God desires for us and enables us to achieve.

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