At a glance it appears that the "end" is near...once again. As a Christ follower I live in this constant tension of the end of the age. How should I live? I want to live "provoking the lions" as St. Ignatius is said to have done when he faced his death, with my head held high and my eyes fixed on Jesus.
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Mayan ruins still stand watch over the Caribbean Sea. They are ruins, that’s all, no transforming faith, no following today, no god that is still worshiped, no one willing to “provoke the lions” to celebrate the faith, and no God Almighty Creator of the earth and sea…just dead old ruins that iguanas now inhabit watching over the beautiful sea.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Ignatius of Antioch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ignatius of Antioch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: I am writing to all the Churches and I enjoin all, that I am dying willingly for God's sake, if only you do not prevent it. I beg you, do not do me an untimely kindness. Allow me to be eaten by the beasts, which are my way of reaching to God. I am God's wheat, and I am to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts, so that I may become the pure bread of Christ.— Letter to the Romans
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