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(The everlasting light)   

(The everlasting light)   

   

   

Now see all the limitations, the possibility for pain and suffering, in this light. You begin to glimpse, even if only a tiny speck, God’s wisdom.  So add this to your worship, dear ones.  Thank your Father for all the irreducible aspects that go into meaning, what it means to have a human life.  Even marvel at what it means when you can get together and literally create these holy-days, these holidays.  What delightful excuses every religion knows to do that very thing--to set aside everything else to, fundamentally, get together and feel that extra dimension of everlasting light in which all the hopes and fears of all the years meet.  This is the triumph of the human spirit and soul.  This is how goodness and truth and beauty conquer fear just in your sheer experience of them--to know that such things exist.  So let them remain a bit inexplicable.  Let them be wondrous.  Let them thrill your soul.

Now see all the [[limitations]], the [[possibility]] for [[pain]] and suffering, in this [[light]]. You begin to glimpse, even if only a tiny speck, [[God]]’s [[wisdom]].  So add this to your [[worship]], dear ones.  Thank your Father for all the irreducible aspects that go into [[meaning]], what it means to have a human life.  Even [[marvel]] at what it means when you can get together and [[literally]] [[create]] these holy-days, these holidays.  What delightful excuses every [[religion]] knows to do that very [[thing]]--to set aside [[everything]] else to, fundamentally, get together and feel that extra [[dimension]] of [[Eternal|everlasting]] [[light]] in which all the [[hopes]] and [[fears]] of all the years meet.  This is the triumph of the human [[spirit]] and [[soul]].  This is how [[goodness]] and [[truth]] and [[beauty]] conquer fear just in your sheer [[experience]] of them--to know that such things exist.  So let them remain a bit [[Mystery|inexplicable]].  Let them be wondrous.  Let them thrill your soul.

   

   

Merry Christmas, my dear ones.  Let us look to the Source of the very reality of merriment.  This too is where you find my peace.  Now if you have any questions or comments this evening, let’s make merry with them.

Merry Christmas, my dear ones.  Let us look to the [[Source]] of the very reality of merriment.  This too is where you find my [[peace]].  Now if you have any questions or comments this evening, let’s make merry with them.

Student:  Father Michael, I have a question about worship, like, what is it?  You’ve hinted from time to time, but I would like to know more explanation, if you would, please.  What is worship and how do we do it?

Student:  Father Michael, I have a question about [[worship]], like, what is it?  You’ve hinted from [[time]] to time, but I would like to know more explanation, if you would, please.  What is [[worship]] and how do we do it?

 

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(What is worship?)

(What is worship?)