Believing or manifesting
St. John of God
Manifested Christ through his behavior!
In Christianity there is a big emphasis on
believing but the first Christians were more interested in being part of the
New Way of Living than just in the new way of believing. They were much more interested in the manifestation
of Christ through their own way of life than through their way of thinking or
believing.
In Christianity God became physical so that
the word could learn that physical is important. Now, in modern Christianity we are emphasizing
spiritual or intellectual more than physical.
Well, perhaps it is time to go back to the origins of Christianity: let
us go back to the physical.
Richard Rohr, OFM wrote in
his reflection for today: “Abba Isidore of Pelusia said, "To live without
speaking is better than to speak without living. For the former who lives
rightly does good even by his silence but the latter does no good even when he
speaks.”
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