I really need to share what I read this morning. Especially, that I`ve been founding it so difficult to pray these past few months. But I do believe.
“ I still believe in the power of priesthood, where
sinful men are helped by sinful men. I believe in an
authority that stoops to wash a poor man’s feet. I
believe in a banquet where sinners learn to love,
eating in company with their God. I believe in parents
who teach their children the beauty that is life. I
believe in the words that God has left for man, words
that can fashion hope from darkness and turn bitter
loneliness into love. And I believe in man,
fashioned in mystery by God. I believe in the beauty
of his mind, the force of his emotions, the fire and
loyalty of his love. I know his weakness, his
cowardice, his treachery, his hate. But I believe in
him and his thirst for acceptance and love.
Most of all I believe in God and the power of His
victory in Christ. I believe in a Resurrection that
rescued man from death. I believe in an Easter that
opened man to hope. I believe in a joy that no threat
of man can take away. I believe in a peace that I
know in fleeting moments and seek with boldness
born of God. I believe in a life that lingers after this, a
life that God has fashioned for His friends.
I believe in understanding, in forgiveness, in
mercy, in faith. I believe in man’s love for woman,
and hers for him, and in the fervour of this exchange
I hear the voice of God. I believe in friendship and its
power to turn selfishness to love. I believe in eternity
and the hope that it affords. “
Fr James Kavanagh,
A Modern Priest Looks at his Outdated Church
From the Celtic Daily Prayer: The Aidan Series of Daily Readings, 12th February
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