Romans

Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart—it is spiritual and not literal. Such a person receives praise not from others but from God.

From Evening Prayer.

not only Jesus?

I try not to comment on what other people write. I try to limit myself to my reaction to a particular person’s views expressed in writing.

We need to widen our vision so that it is not only Jesus we focus on but the whole Trinity as that sublime communion of Persons at the core of all creation, holding all things in being (Acts 17:24-28; Hebrews 1:1–2). 

We must rediscover worship and proclaim God’s unfailing love

I am not a doctor of anything – theology or philosophy. I will not comment on the above. I will leave it here for others to comment (if they like) or simply for you to meditate on.

oh heart of Jesus

… my heart, where I am whatsoever I am

Augustine, Confessions 10.3.4

I have been reading a book about devotion to the sacred heart. A modern book with little of the kitch and sentimentally of books of an earlier era. Just to say that the devotion to the heart of Jesus pre-dates the Reformation.

The first chapters look at the image of the heart and quote the above from Augustine. And it got me thinking: if “I am whatsoever I am” in my heart, is that true for Jesus?

in case …

I have been producing a podcast for the Anglican Renewal Network Australia.

In case you feel like giving it a listen:

30 June – Day 5 – Anglican Renewal Network Australia

Rev Trish Stuart-Smith finishes the podcast for this year. Text: Holy Spirit and drawing us near.
  1. 30 June – Day 5
  2. 29 June – Day 4
  3. 28 June – Day 3
  4. 27 June – Day 2
  5. 26 June – Holy Spirit and drawing us near.

to think?

This, then, is the ultimate paradox of thought: to want to discover something that thought itself cannot think.

Kierkegaard

Augustine speaks about thinking about forgetting. We live with this paradox everyday.