The prophets were seers and seekers of Eternal Mystery, unafraid of being chastised for heresy and rejected and ostracised by prevailing authority. John the Baptist preached outside the Temple of Judaism, and Paul sharply disagreed with Peter and the new Christian establishment in Jerusalem (Galatians 2:1-14).
Living on the edge of prevailing religion, they had nothing to prove or defend, and gained opportunities to have a fresh and honest experience and to find their True Center. It sounds ironic to find the center by going to the edge, but that is what the prophets, hermits, and mystics did.
They showed us how to love our life, fully die into it, and never having to die away from it. Once death is joyfully incorporated into our life, we are already in heaven and there is no possibility or fear of hell. The Gospel is not an insurance policy for the next world, but a life assurance policy for this world.
May we receive the grace of confidence to qualify all that we were made to know and believe, especially of: who we are and who we are not, who God is and who God is not, and what love is and what love is not.
Matthew 7:9-11 “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.”
