Comments on: Kingfishers, dragonflies, stones and YOU

By: Chris Kantrowitz

Chris Kantrowitz — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:12:17 +0000

Father Keating says, “The term original sin is a way of describing the universal experience of coming to full reflective consciousness without the certitude of personal union with God.” This leads to our creating a false self to deal with our restlessness and fill that “God shaped hole” in us. He goes on to say that, “By consenting to God’s creation, to our basic goodness as human beings, and to the letting go of what we love in this world, we are brought to the final surrender, which is to allow the false self to die and the true self to emerge. The true self might be described as our participation in the divine life manifesting in our uniqueness.” “What I do is me; for that I came!” MOM

By: Matt Kantrowitz

Matt Kantrowitz — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:05:18 +0000

As fallen mortals living in darkness, we do not instinctively know, as dragonflies or kingfishers do, who we are and what we were created to be. It is sad to think how many of us never really find out. Personally, I’m just beginning to get it , and I’m already 60 years old!

Jesus is our best example of a man who knew exactly who he was and what he was incarnated to be. I suppose part of being Christians, (“little Christs,” ) is coming to know that for ourselves, as God reveals it. It takes a lot of prayer, and a lot of self-examination.( “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates)

I love your blog, Jessica, and I love that you’re the kind of person to have this kind of blog. Is this part of who you are, and what you were created to be?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:21:20 +0000

I’m listening to the audiobook of Eugene Peterson’s “Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places” right now; because of this poem and your blog. Gracias, Jessica!