Saturday 31 August 2024

the essence of faith

 I have misunderstood.

Of what use is it to weigh down Christ’s table with golden cups, when he himself is dying of hunger? Do not, therefore, adorn the church and ignore your afflicted brother, for he is the most precious temple of all.
St. John Chrysostom

so when I sing "Christe eleison" is it not actually the people and children of Gaza, the refugees, the homeless, the unwanted that I address?   Isn´t this the scandal and also the urgent meaning of what Jesus calls so apparently elusively "kingdom"?