Thursday, July 30, 2020
TUNED TO THE TOUCH
This is the third part of our
Summer Series.
We are exploring how to
FOLLOW THROUGH
on living
The Sermon On The Mount.
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Dear All of Us,
Classics and craftsmanship.
They see it right and get it right.
Pure excellence:
a perfectly restored
1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe
Andrew Wyeth's Renfield painting
the Italian stonemasons at
The Washington National Cathedral
Suzanne McCarthy's signature dish:
Pork tenderloin with Blackberry Sauce
Lladro's Passionate Kiss Couple
Thomas Merton's
Seeds of Contemplation
Bach's St. Matthew Passion
Nolan Ryan's seven no hitters
In the case of the Peragallo Family,
they not only see it right,
they hear it right,
and make it right.
For over one hundred years,
and now into the fourth generation,
they create and care for pipe organs.
We had one of their classics at
Assumption Church.
Before high holydays and concerts,
the Peragallo's would come
to "voice" the organ.
Each pipe was made to play
with the proper onset of sound
(known as speech),
sustained tone, and volume.
It was pure excellence -
the organ tuned to respond exactly
to the touch and genius of the organist.
TUNED TO THE TOUCH
That's what God crafts through the
BE ATTITUDES.
In eight classics they play true,
"voice" us, Tune to Reality,
to God and God's wonderous Creation
.
Consider
"Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth."
First off, to fully and freely consider it
we need to "voice" the word meek.
The modern English "meek"
altogether misses the the meaning.
The original Greek used
in this scripture means
good will towards others and
reverent obedience toward God -
"voiced" to Reality,
that right next to us
and on out to its Fullness
that never finishes - God.
As "poor in spirit" is the opposite
of proud in spirit, full of self,
so "meek" is the opposite
in both nature and act
of being aggressive.
The meek are not weak.
The meek are strong enough
to be gentle.
They are not harsh,
self-assertive, covetous,
do not trample in brute force.(1)
To be meek is to have reverence
for God and all God's
people and creation,
to enjoy a comfortableness,
an at homeness,
a oneness with "Oneness".
The meek are in sync with the sacred.
As a child of the universe
and beyond without limit,
they "inherit" all that is.
They don't have to get it.
It is given.
It comes in the union.
The meek are relaxed and at peace,
right at home in Reality.
They are empty of isolating "Self Stuff".
The don't try to "power through"
to domination because
they are solid and secure
in the energy and strength
of Godness.
They accept an inheritance
beyond measure or limit
rather than fighting and fouling
to the cruel poverty of aggression.
That aggression can be physical.
More often it is social, financial,
psychic, emotional, racial, religious -
all manipulation and dominance.
By contrast, the meek have
a heaven of a God Time.
They delight in the harmony of Reality.
The meek are free to relish creation
rather than exhaust their being
failing to create one
of their aggressive dominance.
They don't have to steal
the other kids' toys
because they have toys
without limit to share
and they live with
The Toy maker.
All the
BE ATTITUDES
invite an approach
that roams free in
Reality as given
rather than getting wasted
trying to be a petty god
founded on falseness,
damaging self and all
in the futility
of that frightful folly.
BE ATTITUDES
invite us
to be centered
in the Center,
rather than chasing our tails
around and around
in a deadening circle zero.
The Peragallo Family
tune the organ
to respond exactly
to the touch and genius
of the organist.
Through the
BE ATTITUDES
God tunes us
to respond exactly
to the touch and genius
that is his.
TUNED TO THE TOUCH
"Happy" are we,
"Blessed" are we
so "voiced" to
FOLLOW THROUGH.
In God's Dear Love,
John Frank
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(1) The first section of this paragraph
draws generously and gratefully
from The Interpreter's Bible,
Volume Seven, Abingdon Press,
Nashville, 1951, pgs.282 & 283.
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