Today I feel fully human. It is a relief to get up and not spend the next forty minutes hacking and blowing my nose. All that remais for me to do now is to thank Almighty God for the improvement.
The mass gospel today is Luke 8:16-18.
"No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light. Take care, then, how you hear. To anyone who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he seems to have will be taken away."
That last verse seems almost heartless. It could be read to mean that the poor are only going to get poorer. Yet, in the context it refers not to material goods, but to spiritual goods. Or, to humility. The reading of the verse that seems most applicable is when the goods are faith. I'm sure that more learned people would have something more profound to say about it, but I think this reading is one where we are forced to stand before God with nothing, and realize that it is a mystery.
In a way, it could be a Christian Koan.
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