A New Perspective.

"It's time for Christianity to become a place of terror again; a place where God continually has to tell us, "Fear not," a place where our relationship with God is not a simple belief or doctrine or theology, but the constant awareness of God's terrifying presence in our lives. The nice, non-threatening God needs to be replaced by the God whose very presence smashes our ego into dust, burns our sins into ashes, and strips us naked to reveal the real person within... How did we end up so comfortable with God? How did our awe of God get reduced to a lukewarm appreciation of God? How did God become a pal instead of a heart-stopping presence? How can we think of Jesus without remembering his ground-shaking, thunder-crashing, stormy exit on the cross? Why aren't we continually catching our breath and saying, 'this is no ordinary God!'?"


An excerpt from Dangerous Wonder, from Blessed are the Bored in Spirit. 
Thank you Matthew!


I finally read the book that Matthew let me borrow several months ago. The reason I write this excerpt is because I wish to see the God I meet at Mass every week as the same God with the "ground-shaking, thunder-crashing, stormy exit on the cross." I wish I could be hungry for the Eucharist once again. I wish I can have this fear of the Lord so that I can finally run back home.Why God has not allowed me to come to this realization yet? Because I'm still in the process of being emptied.



Take me past the outer courts
Into the Holy Place
Past the brazen altar
Lord I want to see your face
Pass me by the crowds of people
And the Priests who sing your praise
I hunger and thirst for your righteousness
But it's only found in one place

[Chorus:]
Take me into the holy of holies
Take me in by the blood of the lamb
Take me into the holy of holies
Take the coal, touch my lips, here I am