Harsh comments to show the truth
The words in the Gospel text from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today seem harsh. Luke is presenting Jesus discussion on the cost of Discipleship. On the journey along the spiritual path to intimacy with the Divine, we encounter many contradictions and paradoxes. These are not easy for human understanding. Perhaps our evolution has created a need to resolve cognitive dissonance. We are urged both to plan and to put our faith (as in deep trust) in Divine Providence. Paul has celebrated the unity of the Philippians within the Body of Christ and today urges them to look to the God within for direction as to the Divine will and pleasure. The full immersion in the Life of the Disciple requires the practice of holding in tension apparently contradictory concepts. The rush to dismiss what is difficult closes down the growth being offered. Richard Rohr, Christian theologian and Franciscan philosopher writes in the Naked Now of the need to reject dualism in thinking to embrace the fullness of understanding.
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