tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383127770844178450.post2648364015921107622..comments2024-01-21T08:37:55.051-08:00Comments on Homeless in America: Reprise for the Clean and UncleanSons Shall Prophesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450774877346294102noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383127770844178450.post-29814109960884779892007-10-19T09:27:00.000-07:002007-10-19T09:27:00.000-07:00Raby Savage, I totally get what you mean and it ...Raby Savage, <BR/> I totally get what you mean and it is something that I am just beginning to discover in myself. Rather than focus on the "why's" about myself and others, I just accept the graces of the holy spirit. I am much less distracted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383127770844178450.post-20968855472228711592007-10-17T16:45:00.000-07:002007-10-17T16:45:00.000-07:00The older I get the more I realize the "poverty" w...The older I get the more I realize the "poverty" within me. I don't fake how fine I feel or am--I'm more realistic. As I contemplate that God accepts the good, the bad and the ugly in me--accepts me just as I am, it's actually a relief. In other words, when I give myself a break from condemnation it's easier for me to be compassionate toward other people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383127770844178450.post-22515409410890043652007-10-17T14:46:00.000-07:002007-10-17T14:46:00.000-07:00I really love what you’re doing with the website, ...I really love what you’re doing with the website, a great forum for homeless to feel connected. Ultimately (hopefully?) the connection will bridge the gaps between them and [non homeless] bringing more people to help in the streets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383127770844178450.post-79080183135664443502007-10-17T13:22:00.000-07:002007-10-17T13:22:00.000-07:00M.A.,Good perspective from history. I'd like to a...M.A.,<BR/><BR/>Good perspective from history. I'd like to add that by letting himself be impaled, God not only "killed" the notion of what is ritually impure in Christ, he also paved the way for the rest of us in "clean" society to help all those who are sick, weak or downtrodden.<BR/><BR/>JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383127770844178450.post-59159160437098813452007-10-17T11:38:00.000-07:002007-10-17T11:38:00.000-07:00Every society has its cultural norms for ritual pu...Every society has its cultural norms for ritual purity, i.e., explicit or implicit rules governing what is acceptable and unacceptable. Such cultural norms were quite elaborate and rigid in 1st Century Judea and Palestine: Certain foods, Non-Jews, lepers, menstruating women, tax collectors, prostitutes, were all ritually impure, and no pillar of the community would partake of or associate with them. The most ritually impure object for that society was an impaled corpse; it was to be taken down before sunset or avoided at all costs.<BR/><BR/>In his crucifixion, Jesus the Christ became the most ritually impure object that his society could imagine. But, God's justice and sanctifying power were greater than the worst ritual impurity - God's righteousness and holiness would not allow God's most faithful servant to see corruption. <BR/><BR/>The Supreme Being, the fountain of all holiness, resurrected Jesus from a most ignominious death as a sign of God's own life-giving and sanctifying power in the world, as<BR/>well as a final seal of approval on all of Jesus' words and deeds. <BR/><BR/>Now, that same sanctifying power that proceeds from the throne of God is offered to all of mankind through his anointed one, his Christ. So, now, we too can realize, as Peter later did, that is not for us to call unclean, what God has declared clean. M.A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383127770844178450.post-47721480512051090792007-10-17T08:44:00.000-07:002007-10-17T08:44:00.000-07:00Wow - reality checks are crucial to life. Thanks ...Wow - reality checks are crucial to life. Thanks for sharing. CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com