Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Righteousness is certainly a Biblical word! As we wondered a few days ago, what does it mean? In contemporary times, it has a negative connotation. It comes across as someone who is high-and-mighty, better-than-others, judgmental with lots of critiques of others and no self-awareness. Try this phrase: being in a healthy, ethical, justice-oriented, sustainable relationship.[…]
Tue, Mar 9: THIRSTY When Matthew addresses hunger and thirst, we can consider them as intertwined appetites of body, mind, and spirit. Our thirst begins deep inside, born among the gaps and absences, hurts and shortcomings. Something is missing. We feel empty — or perhaps incomplete — and long to be filled. Spiritually, we’re thirsting[…]
In the Gospel of Luke, the blessing extended by this Beatitude is offered to the appetites of the body. “Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.” Yet the author of Matthew deliberately deepens and extends the intention of Christ’s blessing. He suggests that it is given to those who hunger for righteousness.[…]
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Beatitude texts for this week: Matthew 5:6-7 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Sun, Mar 7: BLESSED If you’re a fan of the poet John O’Donohue, you may have learned the Gaelic word beannacht as another word for[…]
