09-22-21

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHING
September 22, 2021
I love Richard Rohr! He is a Franciscan Friar and author who brings such wonderful insights to life and faith and what it means to be a human being. In a recent Blog Post, he quoted the 14th century mystic, St. Catherine of Siena, who wrote: “It’s heaven all the way to heaven…” I won’t pretend to know what she meant by those words, but they resonated in my soul. What does the path look like where you have walked? Are people different, in a good way, because they encountered you along the path? Does the heaven you envision appear, even in glimpses, because you lived in breathed in the moment? In Colossians 3, we read: Whatever you do, whether in speech or action, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus… This doesn’t mean we simply walk around saying, “I’m walking in the name of the Lord. Now I’m brushing my teeth in the name of the Lord.” To do something in the name of someone, means you are seeking to emulate or reveal that person. There will be plenty of moments when we feel as if we fall short or maybe experience a complete flop. Yet if what we did emulated the love of Jesus and revealed the kindness of Jesus, then I’ve got to believe that moment represented heaven a bit more than had we chosen not to do it in the first place.

May the life I live contribute to making it heaven all the way to heaven. This is my humble commitment offered in your name, O Lord. Amen.

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