{"id":15790,"date":"2017-07-11T09:34:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=15790"},"modified":"2017-07-11T09:45:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:45:44","slug":"the-spiritually-vigorous-saint-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=15790","title":{"rendered":"The Spiritually Vigorous Saint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2026that I may know Him\u2026 \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?version=31&amp;search=Philippians+3%3A10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philippians 3:10<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<p><!--\n\n\n<div class=\"mobile-sharing-button\"><\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<div class=\"top-sharing\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<div class=\"sd-content\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><!--\n \t\n\n<li class=\"odb-share-whatsapp\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/#print');\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-whatsapp sd-button\" href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=: \" title=\"\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-whatsapp\"><\/i> <span class=\"share-label\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n--><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"top-rule\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PaPIDsB6Kpw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nA saint is not to take the initiative toward self-realization, but toward knowing Jesus Christ. A spiritually vigorous saint never believes that his circumstances simply happen at random, nor does he ever think of his life as being divided into the secular and the sacred. He sees every situation in which he finds himself as the means of obtaining a greater knowledge of Jesus Christ, and he has an attitude of unrestrained abandon and total surrender about him. The Holy Spirit is determined that we will have the realization of Jesus Christ in every area of our lives, and He will bring us back to the same point over and over again until we do. Self-realization only leads to the glorification of good works, whereas a saint of God glorifies Jesus Christ through his good works. Whatever we may be doing\u2014 even eating, drinking, or washing disciples\u2019 feet\u2014 we have to take the initiative of realizing and recognizing Jesus Christ in it. Every phase of our life has its counterpart in the life of Jesus. Our Lord realized His relationship to the Father even in the most menial task. \u201cJesus, knowing\u2026that He had come from God and was going to God,\u2026took a towel\u2026and began to wash the disciples\u2019 feet\u2026\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+13:3-5\">John 13:3-5<\/a>).<\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The aim of a spiritually vigorous saint is \u201cthat I may know Him\u2026\u201d Do I know Him where I am today? If not, I am failing Him. I am not here for self-realization, but to know Jesus Christ. In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Richard Rohr<\/p>\n<h3>Rebuilding on a Contemplative Foundation<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/revolutionary-contemplation-2017-07-11\/\"><strong>Revolutionary Contemplation<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday, July 11, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Today, we continue Archbishop Rowan Williams\u2019 address to the Synod of Bishops in Rome in 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[Contemplation] is very far from being just one kind of thing that Christians do: it is the key to prayer, liturgy, art and ethics, the key to the essence of a renewed humanity that is capable of seeing the world and other subjects in the world with freedom\u2014freedom from self-oriented, acquisitive habits and the distorted understanding that come from them. To put it boldly, contemplation is the only ultimate answer to the unreal and insane world that our financial systems and our advertising culture and our chaotic and unexamined emotions encourage us to inhabit. To learn contemplative prayer is to learn what we need so as to live truthfully and honestly and lovingly. <em>It is a deeply revolutionary matter.<\/em> [1]\u00a0 (Continue reading&#8230;)<a href=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/revolutionary-contemplation-2017-07-11\/\"><strong>Revolutionary Contemplation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026that I may know Him\u2026 \u2014Philippians 3:10 \u00a0 A saint is not to take the initiative toward self-realization, but toward knowing Jesus Christ. A spiritually vigorous saint never believes that his circumstances simply happen at random, nor does he ever think of his life as being divided into the secular and the sacred. 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