Sunday, August 31, 2025

Today's lesson is from the Gospel of St. Luke

It’s from Chapter 14, verses 13 and 14.  “But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

     And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee:  for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.”


I think about how it must be to live your life thinking everyone is trying to take advantage of you, that everything you do is a transaction, that you can only be happy when you are in control of others and they must do your bidding.


What a miserable existence you must have.  Never really relaxed.  Always calculating.  Always greedy.  Always selfish.  It must be an awful life.  You are already living in a form of hell.


Think about this.  You’ve seen George W. Bush laugh.  You’ve seen Obama  and Biden laugh.  Have you ever seen Trump laugh?  You’ve seen him look triumphant, and angry, and self-satisfied, but have you ever seen him happy?


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