Why do we love
and admire kingdom people like Mary and Joseph, and then not imitate their faith
journeys, their courage, their non-reassurance by the religious system? These
were two laypeople who totally trusted their inner experience of God and who
followed it to Bethlehem and beyond. Mary and Joseph walked in courage and blind
faith that their own experience was true—with no one to reassure them they were
right. Their only safety net was God’s love and mercy, a safety net they must
have tried out many times, or else they would never have been able to fall into
it so gracefully.
Adapted from
Preparing for Christmas with Richard Rohr, pp. 66-68
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