Disciples.....
One of the reasons I love Mr. E is because we talk - I mean we REALLY talk - not just of our relationship, not just surface talk - we have interesting and titillating conversations....
We do 'spiritual' exercises together, sometimes it's mass, sometimes we pray the rosary, sometimes we 'talk'. Today on the way in I read while he drove a reading from a book that has 'meditations' on the meaning of the Lenten season.
Today's reading was about Peter's denial of being with Christ when pressed by the soldiers after Christ was arrested.
The question posed by the reading was: 'Are you a disciple of Christ?'
In all honesty I can't say that I am a disciple of anyone. Do I practice my faith, sure, but do I go around 'preaching', no. I TRY to live a good life, I try to be a good person, if asked what my faith is, yes, I would tell someone if pressed about why I would give an answer that makes sense to me. My problem is when people decide to shove their religious/moral beliefs down other people's throats - including mine.
To live a life of quiet contemplation, to spend my days, doing kind acts, feeding the poor, studying religious texts - that would be a wonderful life, however, I can not do that now. I can do SOME of those things - but I can't devote my entire day-to-day life to becoming an ascetic. I hope I do my part, I hope I try to lead ‘by example’, I suppose it all depends on what your definition of ‘disciple’ is….
Thank you Erin for talking with me – for opening new worlds up to me – for not being afraid to share yourself and for being a good, kind, loving man.
We do 'spiritual' exercises together, sometimes it's mass, sometimes we pray the rosary, sometimes we 'talk'. Today on the way in I read while he drove a reading from a book that has 'meditations' on the meaning of the Lenten season.
Today's reading was about Peter's denial of being with Christ when pressed by the soldiers after Christ was arrested.
The question posed by the reading was: 'Are you a disciple of Christ?'
In all honesty I can't say that I am a disciple of anyone. Do I practice my faith, sure, but do I go around 'preaching', no. I TRY to live a good life, I try to be a good person, if asked what my faith is, yes, I would tell someone if pressed about why I would give an answer that makes sense to me. My problem is when people decide to shove their religious/moral beliefs down other people's throats - including mine.
To live a life of quiet contemplation, to spend my days, doing kind acts, feeding the poor, studying religious texts - that would be a wonderful life, however, I can not do that now. I can do SOME of those things - but I can't devote my entire day-to-day life to becoming an ascetic. I hope I do my part, I hope I try to lead ‘by example’, I suppose it all depends on what your definition of ‘disciple’ is….
Thank you Erin for talking with me – for opening new worlds up to me – for not being afraid to share yourself and for being a good, kind, loving man.
Labels: Philosophy, Religion
posted by Colette at 8:17 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home