Long before Jesus told his parables to help us understand things, God the Father had told one of cosmic dimensions and as deep as the abyss: the parable of life…
The listener was immersed in this parable without any possibility of escape, for its “words” were made of things themselves and these could in no way be denied.
“Who can gainsay the sun?” asks the sundial indicating the passing hour.
When the sky speaks – above your head with its billions of stars; and the earth you tread speaks – the sensible basis of living experience: how can you escape logic which surrounds you?
How can you ignore the harmony and beauty of things, or disregard the energy and power of storms and earthquakes?
How can you escape the “absent presence” of a secret entity, the designer of a creative will and indisputable unity, of which you yourself are aware of being a part?
- From Why, O Lord? by Carlo Carretto
2 comments:
interesting piece!
How beautiful!
Becky
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