It is a principle of theology, and of life, that what we do flows from who we are. Knowing who we are is more important than anything that we might do. Pope John Paul II has asked schools to emphasize being over functioning as a way of grounding young Catholics in Jesus Christ. The contemplative is the one who simply prays, who sits before God in openness and in doing so knows who he or she is. The contemplative also knows that he or she has chosen “the better part” (Luke 10:42). Faced with the terrible designs of the Nazi’s to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross simply determined to fight Hitler with prayer. She knew the power of receiving the grace of God in prayer. The Nazi evil would only be beaten by the incarnate Jesus Christ, given to his Church in contemplative prayer. The contemplative constantly chooses being over functions, relationship with Jesus Christ over human designs. It is a radical and dramatic choice.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 05:39:31 +0000
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