Bet you thought I’d be writing about history being made on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Nope, I want to talk about how my intuition and feelings were vindicated in Carla Mae Streeter’s Ecclesiology class. I have always believed that the reason we have so many faith traditions is because they are the various roads to the Divine that allow us to journey closer in relationship. In other words, I believe that in the End, some people will be surprised with how many people are in Heaven with them.
What has happened to me is I have grown in my understanding of where the Divine is in each of us. Incarnational theology suggests to me that because Jesus Christ was both human and divine, then he is a part of the DNA of each and every person. We are ALL children of God. As such, it is not about the faith tradition that saves us–we are all already saved. When the Word made flesh says noone comes to the Father except through me, He’s already in each of us.
For me, the point of faith traditions are to develop our relationship with God and to help heal those who, through Free Will, have chosen to turn away from their life source. In that sense, my job is to continue to be the light of Christ so that others who have no hope or understanding or have given up hope in God will find their way again.
You see, it wasn’t being Catholic that saved me. I was already saved by His blood on the cross. What was happening was an awakening inside of me. I REALIZED that I could do nothing without God. I understand now that what was pushing me was that piece of God deep within me that I could not find because I chose (remember free will) to be stuck in the muck of pain and judgment. I have started to give those hurtful feelings over to God and am finding my life changing. I am being healed through prayer and the Eucharist. Realizing how close Jesus really is to me is the most wonderful feeling in the world.
I ask for your continued prayers for my spiritual growth and development. Not just for my own sake, but for the ones I have been sent here to touch because no gift is just for me and me alone.
