“If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share
that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied
ten thousand times. In the kingdom of love there is no competition; there is no
possessiveness or control. The more love you give away, the more love you will
have.”
― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
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I keep thinking these days about what I can only think of as
A theology of egocentricity
Within this theology there is a core belief
that somehow my faith is all about “me”
It is “my” personal relationship with God
It is “my” salvation
The blessings of God are “mine” and are earned by “me”
And yet in the teachings of Jesus everything circles inexorably
around community
It is not my relationship with God,
It is the covenant between the community of faith and God
It is not my salvation
It is the redemption of all people
Called to celebrate at the banquet table of God
It is not my blessings, earned by be
Is the reconciliation of all to God, a gift of grace
And the restoration of all creation
There is in the gospel, and theology of essential
selflessness
Where “me” becomes “we”
And we live and love accordingly
Lord, deliver me from
myself
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