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Forgive yourself

7/27/2020

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I’ve been thinking about forgiveness these days. Not the big ones that involve national and worldwide retribution, nor even the acts against democracy that are occurring as I write. No, I’m thinking about the little acts of self- forgiveness that are part of being a Christian; those thoughts and judgments about others that hold me back from living my life for God. 
    When I think disparagingly of another, I knock them off the pedestal and put myself on instead. Of course, neither of us belong there; God does. I know this; we all know this. 
    What comes first to get forgiveness going? Remember God, or remember that judgments are about ME, not God? At the moment I notice that my judgments often lead me to God, which leads me to forgiveness.  Knowing God forgives me isn’t enough. I must do my part; God and I as partners, friends, co-creators. 
   As I try to make sense of what I’ve written, I realize that this self-forgiveness is not a sequential process. I hope some you get some glimmer of understanding. Just writing this has helped me. Thanks.

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Opera during pandemic times

7/16/2020

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 Last night I listened to Puccini’s Turandot, thanks to the Met which has generously live-streamed productions from their archives. I hope the offer it again soon. Definitely my favorite Puccini. 
 Puccini’s Turandot
Starring Maria Guleghina, Marina Poplavskaya, Marcello Giordani, and Samuel Ramey, conducted by Andris Nelsons, stage production by Zeffirelli. From November 7, 2009.
 
      Speaking of favorites, the night before the offering was La Traviata, my favorite Verdi. 
 
Verdi’s La Traviata
Starring Ileana Cotrubaș, Plácido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil, conducted by James Levine, stage production by Zeffirelli. Transmitted live on March 28, 1981

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    We’re off to the Vermont for the weekend, where the scenery is beautiful and the internet access non-existent.
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Living for God

7/11/2020

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Have you ever heard someone speak a truth that went right to your soul? That happened to me the other day, although it was something I read, not heard--same idea. This from James Koester SSJE in “Cowley” (Volume 46, No. 2, Spring 2020), the magazine of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist.

 By living for God, we remind others that life does have a purpose, and the source of that purpose is the goodness and love of God.

     It is the phrase living for God that went right to me. Isn’t that what we seekers want--a clear concise goal? And there it is in three simple words! Of course we can muddle in the details, and fail miserably and often, but the goal is easy to keep on the horizon. Three simple words embedded in our being. 

https://www.ssje.org/cowleymagazine/

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Love and Justice

7/2/2020

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​ “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”   He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Matthew 22: 36-40
     Jesus calls us to live our lives with this great commandment. How do we do so during the everydayness of life and during the pivotal times we are living in now?
    Can we be both activists for justice and prayer people for justice? Of course we can; they aren’t mutually exclusive. And yet, if we are serious about dedicating our lives to the great commandment I suggest that we have to select whether we focus upon faith or works, love or justice, as our starting point and time commitment. Do we begin with the experience of injustice that is before our eyes, or with the word of God that is in our hearts?
     Working for justice in a serious way takes physical, mental, and emotional time and energy--committee work, writing letters, call people, knocking on doors, protesting. Praying for justice in a serious way also takes physical, mental, and motional time and energy--meditating, emptying the mind of thoughts and judgments, prayer, leading a simple, solitary life.
     I believe that God is leading me on the prayerful path. That doesn’t exclude activism, but helps me start with love as I pray for justice, and then at times become active for justice. 

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