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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Do Something


I finally get it. The moving forward. The doing instead of the talking. We must do all we can to increase the quality of life for people who need it. We must feed the widows and orphans. We must heal the afflicted. We must clothe the naked and feed the hungry.
Not I, but Christ that lives within me.
We must break open our bodies so that the world may be fed. Christ died, and rose again. Salvation is certain. But there is still a quality of life on this earth that is too prevalent to ignore. Love God, love others, love the earth, love ourselves; it's not a feeling in our heart, but the reaction we make to it.
The world is not transformed with tracts and sermons. The world is transformed with food and wine, bread and water, cures and care. We don't die because we need humility. We die because the world needs life. The Church is the body that dies so that the world can live.
Not I, but Christ that lives within me.
Sleeping well at night is nice, and having three meals is amazing. But as long as the world is still broken, how can we sleep our lives away?
We can't, and we shouldn't.
I will not stand still. My soul cannot stand it.
Money, energy, health, clothes, beds, bread, water: give it all.
Give it ALL.

Nothing new is being said. We are only remembering what was forgotten somewhere along the way.

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