The “holy fool” is the final stage of the full human journey. Maybe this is what Jesus meant when he said, “It is those who become like little children who will enter the Kingdom of God” (Matthew 18:3). Jesus, in his frequent allusion to children, was in his own way describing this final stage of life. We return to that early childhood, as it were, running naked and exposed into the great room of life and death. “I am who I am who I am” now. God has accepted me in my most naked being, and I can now give it all back to God exactly as it is with conscious loving trust that it will be received. What else would God want?
Adapted from The Art of Letting Go: Living the Wisdom of Saint Francis
Father Richard Rohr
Belief
Chase This Light – SACRA/PROFANA & Bunnell Strings (Jimmy Eat World Cover)
I used this video as our concluding reflection in today’s Harvest Group session – as we continue our study of the Animate Faith video series.
What do you think? Does it speak to you as a search for spiritual beliefs or something else entirely? Multiple interpretations are possible – I believe. Please post your comments below.
I’m a suspect, I’m a traitor
I’m only here in body visiting
Yellow faces in the distance screams
The beauty is in what isn’t said
I’m rising to my feet
Because tonight the world turned in me
Because right now I don’t dare to breathe
Oh babe, I know it’s alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight chase this light with me
My just so, my last call
My life is yours in your gifted hands
Confetti rainfall in the quiet street
These things I’ve found are special now
The knot is in my reach
Because tonight the world turned in me
Because right now I don’t dare to breathe
Oh babe, I know it’s alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight chase this light with me
A movie still, photograph
Through a martyr’s eyes I can see
I’ve seen the best of love, the best of hate
The best reward is earned
And I’ve paid for every single word I ever said
Confetti rainfall in the quiet streets
The beauty is in what you make it
So get up on your feet
Because tonight the world turned in me
Because right now I don’t dare to breathe
Oh babe, I know it’s alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight chase this light with me
Oh babe, I know it’s alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight chase this light with me
The Blessed Fool 