The Divine and the world can be united in us!
Happy and healthy Sunday!
Divine things and things of the Earth are often at odds with each other. It is like going to church on Sunday or the shul on Saturday and forgetting the message during the workweek and acting like everyone else. This kind of separation is not suitable for the individual. Wholeness always matters and leads to peace.
Today’s Gospel Portion helps us look at this issue. Our Portion is St. Luke 16:19-31, and we will concentrate on,
“And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.”
Luke 16:26
Father Abraham said this in the parable given to us by Jesus, and he is referring to where Lazarus was with him and the division that separated him from the place where the rich man, who was in anguish, resided. That chasm did not just happen after their deaths; rather, it existed when they were on the other side of eternity.
We forge our eternity as we live now!
From our worship, we know how to treat people. If we apply the Sacred Scriptures, we know how to behave. What we worship, we are to live out in our homes, with our neighbors, and in the marketplace!
The love of God must inform the way we treat everyone. This is the way to peace!
If we desire to be whole, we must live out our faith!
Pax. The Hermit of Peace.
Hermitage of Peace 