Daily Meditation: Sunday, April 8, 2001

True Christianity basically concerns a work with the mind: …

04/08/2001

True Christianity basically concerns a work with the mind: prayer, meditation and contemplation. Unfortunately, it has been a long time since Christians had the ideal of Jesus; instead they adopted the ideal of the Church. They have neglected the great truths and most important dictates of the Gospels, and what took their place? Jesus said, 'Be perfect as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.' These few words are amongst the most essential ever spoken about the divine predestination of man.
Does the Church really worry about that? No. And if someone is inspired by the spirit of the Gospels and decides to work at coming closer to the perfection of the heavenly Father, there will always be priests and ministers who will say, 'What arrogance! It's insane!' Of course... the teaching of Jesus about perfection leads to pride and insanity! According to them, a person must be humble and reasonable: go to mass on Sunday, take a few drops of holy water, mumble some prayers, receive the host and give away a few pennies. And if that person goes home still as nasty and dishonest as ever, it does not matter. Well, unfortunately, the best proof that this understanding of the Gospels is inadequate is that people are not becoming better beings.