Bits of Yarn, Calico and Velvet Scraps                                                            Page 11

 

MY FIRST TWO THOUSAND YEARS

 

In the first 2,000 years of my life there was always

light; always some light, no matter how dark the

worlds might sometime seem to be: this world, the

next world and all spaces in between. Of course

there were plenty of shadows. I veered by them,

or, when they caught me, hurried back, as fast as

possible, into light:

 

Scripture

    Faith

                                Tradition                        Laws

Despair

                        Salvation History            Religion

 

                                    Dogma

Sin                                                                    Fear

 

                    Prayer to God the Father through Jesus Christ,

                Our Lord,

                    Amen

 

Mary                                                                rules

        Saints                              punishment

                                    laws

penance                                                        Sacraments

                    Sacrifice, self-sacrifice, self-denial

    guilt

                'gift'-of-self to God the Father, through

Jesus

                                                Christ our Lord,

                                                            Amen

 

 

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