Unity and Tension

The advice in the texts of the Roman Catholic Lectionary today seems to be wide ranging. The pattern which runs through it is that we sometimes fail to use the senses and ability we have to process and act on the obvious. We question the simple action not because we don’t understand it but because the simple straight forward approach may be a set back to our pride and ego which perhaps expected a tougher policy or paradigm would apply to a stronger better person. The simple truth is simple. The gifts of the Spirit are to maintain the unity of the Body of Christ.  Empowered by the Spirit the many diverse “Christians” can maintain a “tension of diversity” which keeps the many forms and possibilities of the intimacy with the Divine available to all. The signs of the time often point in a direction which involves our acceptance of living in awareness of others. This path will help us to seek the “clean hands and pure hearts” which according to the psalmist are necessary to enter the Temple of God.