'Sinners--Beloved and Redeemed'
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
...that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
Ephesians 3:17
Travelers sometimes fret about what to wear. The greatest fear and even sin, it seems, is to "look like a tourist." Whatever you do, you don't want to appear to be a part of that group of unsophisticated gawkers.
But then you arrive in that new, exciting place, and it hits you: everyone's a tourist. And no matter how hard you try to think you're not, you are one of them--us.
Our lives are a dynamic of the desire to feel singular and the yearning to be part of a group. On this feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, perhaps I can set aside my ego, look up to Jesus on the cross, then look around at my fellow travelers and be glad, not ashamed, to be a part of this group: sinners yet beloved and redeemed by that loving Heart.
Father Ed Bakker
Anglican Catholic Church / Original Province
Mission of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne
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