...trudging into the distance in the bleeding stinking mad shadow of Jesus...the Lord out of dust had created him, had made him blood and nerve and mind, had made him to bleed and weep and think, and set him in a world of loss and fire... --Flannery O'Connor
10.29.2013
Beautiful Failures
The most important thing for us is to live our lives as if the gospels were true...We try to live our lives by the story of Jesus, but that story is not a success story; it is, rather, a failure story...
In the end, our vision concerns the one who loses in a way that is eloquent and beautiful because it has a consistent integrity with the sublime vision of scripture. It is called grace.
With all the variations of what Grace is, I'd love to hear your take on the subject. Have you written anything extensively on the subject that you could direct me to?
With all the variations of what Grace is, I'd love to hear your take on the subject. Have you written anything extensively on the subject that you could direct me to?
ReplyDeleteReminds me of this scene (one of my favorites): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DLTyu--iiU
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. I can't even tell you how much I needed to read it tonight.
ReplyDeleteGreat writing on grace in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Poetic prose. Pax et Bonum
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