Greetings Dear Reader,
My friend Tina often points out that one of the oddities of the
community in which I live is that people will employ their turn signal to indicate
that the person in front of him or her is turning. There are also a vast number of people who have
no idea that a turn signal exists in the vehicle they drive. Still, we are a society that values indicators
for our safety and movement.
We do the same thing socially. In the Liturgy of the Common Man, we have a
vast sea of social and virtue signals that we use to navigate our way through
the day. We discussed the cant and
responses of the liturgy. There are
other social signals that we use to announce the group(s) with whom we
identify. How we dress, the symbols and
talismans we carry, and even what we eat signals to others our response and
standards within the liturgy.
As part of the Liturgy of the Common Man, we express our
desire to fit into society in ways that make it acceptable to the group-thought
we value. We also see the social and virtue signals we value become common accessories
and fashion statements. The cross has
become jewelry to many people. Some do
not even understand what it means to those of us who follow Christ.
We even demand that others respond to the liturgy in the way
we wish them to respond. People decide
that “meat is murder” and demand that no one enjoy a hamburger. Things are deemed socially acceptable by a
group of people. That group insists that
no matter what my values, I respond to their cants with the words and actions
they deem acceptable. We proclaim that
we want equality, justice, and tolerance when in truth we want to let others
live in freedom only if their responses match out cants.
There are things that are wrong and we are not obligated to
accept them or even participate in the liturgy that tries to justify them. We must not reject others because their liturgy
does not match ours. The only virtue-signaling that really matters is that we are identified by our love for each
other. Out social signals of kindness, generosity,
and grace are what matter. We cannot
afford to be distracted or offended by things outside of this.
Our virtue signal must be to become lighthouses of love and
kindness. The seas are rough and the
world is a dark and stormy place. We
need to give clear direction of where to go and who to follow. The channel of love and faith is narrow and
hard to find. If that is, however, the
cant we deliver in love and humility, it will be easier for others to respond. I
wish to only signal love and grace from the one I follow Dear Reader. I wish to be so committed to the signal of
love for others that I cannot be offended by any liturgy that calls me to worship something
less.
Which
Way are You Going – Jim Croce
Which way are you going, which side will you be on
Will you stand and watch while all the seeds of hate are
sown
Will you stand with those who say, let his will be done
One hand on the bible One hand on the gun
One hand on the bible One hand on the gun
Which way are you looking, is it hard to see
Do you say what’s wrong for him, is not wrong for me
You walk the streets, righteousness but you refuse to
understand
You say you love the baby
Then you crucify the man
You say you love the baby
Then you crucify the man
Every day, things are changing, words once honored turned to
lies
People wondering, can you blame them It's too far to run, and
too late to hide
So, now you turn your back on, all the things that you used
to preach
Now it’s let him live in freedom if he lives like me
Well you light has changed, confusion rains, what have you
become
All your olive branches turned to spears
When your flowers turned to guns
Your olive branches turned to spears
When your flowers turned to guns
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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