tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post113794233298438106..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: An urgent faith...Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-1138153820126135982006-01-24T19:50:00.000-06:002006-01-24T19:50:00.000-06:00I can't believe no one is commenting on this. I t...I can't believe no one is commenting on this. I think it is a very good homily. "Exhilaration," a wonderful word to use, describes the feel here. You have made a homily on urgency itself urgent.<BR/><BR/>You also ask good questions about how this faith which should be all-important drives our every day actions. The urgency of the gospel isn't a "sky is falling" urgency, or something that only applies if you believe the End Times are fast approaching. It is an urgency to do every action for Christ, an urgency to live *be Christ now*.<BR/><BR/>I find a strange contradiction in my life. The long-term motivation in my life is all about Christ--I can't see myself doing a random secular job, only things like teaching, evangelizing, mothering, things that specifically work for Christ. Yet day to day I made lots of rotten decisions--not expressly contrary to that path, but certainly not expressing an urgency to live every instant to Christ, or be my best for Him now.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the urgent reminder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com