This blog started out as a companion piece to my book, Musings from the Christian Left (excerpts of which can be found in the July 2004 link) and to support a planned radio show. Now, its simply a long term writing project from a Christian Left Libertarian perspective (meaning I often argue for liberty within the (Catholic) Church, rather than liberty because the church takes care of a conservative view of morality.

Monday, January 02, 2012

Holding all things in our hearts

Holding all things in our hearts by Patricia Datchuck Sanchez. My response:

The signifant thing about this passage is that it hints at the source of Jesus knowledge about himself - that it was not simply from the fact that he was full of grace, which he did have - or because he had a full share of the divine mind (which he did not have prior to his resurrection) - but because Mary told him of these things, causing him to search the scriptures for confirmation and believe, which is more meritorious than knowing. When he suffered on the cross and gave care of his mother to John, he was in a way rejecting this belief, which led to his psychic crushing when he cried out to God in anguish, which is the real instrument of our salvation, much as his taking of the fruit of the vine is a sign that he and we had entered the Father's kingdom.

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