Sunday, January 26, 2020
Questions
I prefer a theology of questions rather than of answers. Too many of us want our religions to make us safe and secure with the “right” answers. There is little challenge for me to grow in such a situation. I don’t think that Jesus or Buddha or other great spiritual adepts were much about answers. People are always asking about the “right” way to meditate, and what is enlightenment as if it had an answer. Read the sermon on the mount and see that it leaves one with a lot of questions that don’t get answered by Jesus. “Come follow me,” and “The Kingdom is in your midst,” leaves out a lot of security and certainty. Whenever one gets close to the answer, if there is one, I think they become fire rather than secure and safe. Truth consumes me, but does not make me comfortable. Mediation leaves me with much to do and ponder in humility, and courage, whereas going to mass on Sunday is a check off on the to do list of things that will make me feel better about being “religious.”
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DEAR FATHER TERRY RYAN CSP
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