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that is difficult for me, too...To look at the poor, one on one with love and compassion an not distain.
Do this count as confession ? Because I feel a little better now.
LOL! God took care of that one for meI find this one especially difficult:
"Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me." (St. Matthew 19:21. KJV)
To look at the poor, one on one with love and compassion an not distain.
that is difficult for me, too...
and (how obnoxious is this) it's true about really obese people, too.
It drives me to mania when I think of "My yoke is easy and my burden light"...there ain't been nuthin' easy about my life- and I often feel crushed under it's weight.Rosaoflima,
I know there have been Christians throughout the centuries who have taken this statement very literally. Consider the great monastics in the Church who have left all and remain without any personal possessions to speak of.
When I read this, I want to see it symbolically, but I feel like it's a literal injunction. I want to see it like it's meant only for someone who is single, or old, or whatever......but I feel like it's meant for all who follow Him.
Sometimes it drives me crazy.
How many "My biggest issue with getting close to God is my sexuality" threads have we had to slog through ?Did you immagine it would be about abstaining ala Seinfeld or a contest to see who could be the most monkey-like?
Loving God.
One of the homilies by my favorite priest at my parish had a line something like:It's tough.I alway thought of myself and his good servant rather than his child.
It drives me to mania when I think of "My yoke is easy and my burden light"...there ain't been nuthin' easy about my life- and I often feel crushed under it's weight.
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