Yes, there is a lot of posturing in our Catholic Christian Community today, from pew, to altar, to the Vatican! Posturing, is mainly “imposturing”. Who is sincere in their faith? Who is not sincere in their faith? Ultimately, only God knows for sure, as He says, “I, alone, know, what is in the hearts of men and women”. We also know of the scripture: “You shall know them by their fruits”, but again, it’s not hard to fake, generosity. I’m sure a lot of philanthropists, were only that, philanthropists. People often do supposedly Christian and Humanitarian deeds, because it brings them notoriety and warm fuzzies. Angels of darkness may appear as angels of light! St. Paul talks of “noisy gongs and clanging symbols”, these are those, who talk a good talk, but have no real connection to God’s love…….As Jesus says, “Oh they know how to say, Lord, Lord, but their hearts are very far away from me”. In the story above, the Tax Collectors heart was very near to God, but the Pharisees, heart, was not. The cultural and religious expectation would have assumed the opposite situation. Another way, of saying, “The First Shall be Last, and the Last Shall Be First”, or “The Pure in Heart Shall See God”. I hope we know, that, the Vineyard, the Church, has its noisy gongs and clanging symbols, its goats and weeds, but we also have the wheat, the sheep, and the true disciples. Let us pray, that we are ever mindful, that the Lord, is the Lord of our lives, and that, we do not need posturing and imposturing, if we are really, in love with God, allowing his Word to Dwell richly in us, and allowing him, to direct our steps back to Our Father/Mother God.
Yes, there is a lot of posturing in our Catholic Christian Community today, from pew, to altar, to the Vatican! Posturing, is mainly “imposturing”. Who is sincere in their faith? Who is not sincere in their faith? Ultimately, only God knows for sure, as He says, “I, alone, know, what is in the hearts of men and women”. We also know of the scripture: “You shall know them by their fruits”, but again, it’s not hard to fake, generosity. I’m sure a lot of philanthropists, were only that, philanthropists. People often do supposedly Christian and Humanitarian deeds, because it brings them notoriety and warm fuzzies. Angels of darkness may appear as angels of light! St. Paul talks of “noisy gongs and clanging symbols”, these are those, who talk a good talk, but have no real connection to God’s love…….As Jesus says, “Oh they know how to say, Lord, Lord, but their hearts are very far away from me”. In the story above, the Tax Collectors heart was very near to God, but the Pharisees, heart, was not. The cultural and religious expectation would have assumed the opposite situation. Another way, of saying, “The First Shall be Last, and the Last Shall Be First”, or “The Pure in Heart Shall See God”. I hope we know, that, the Vineyard, the Church, has its noisy gongs and clanging symbols, its goats and weeds, but we also have the wheat, the sheep, and the true disciples. Let us pray, that we are ever mindful, that the Lord, is the Lord of our lives, and that, we do not need posturing and imposturing, if we are really, in love with God, allowing his Word to Dwell richly in us, and allowing him, to direct our steps back to Our Father/Mother God.