In the Gospel today the apostles ask Christ to increase their faith. It is unsettling to hear that; after all, Christ is there with them. If they are having trouble, what are we poor slugs 2000 years later supposed to think?
It is reminiscent of Joan of Arc. After years of visions, after following those visions to lead French armies to victory over the English, she denies them while a captive. Why? "I was afraid of the flames," she said simply. She knew they were going to burn her and she was afraid of the flames.
Even those with the best reasons to have faith, waver, so great is the separation between the material and the spiritual.
It is reminiscent of Joan of Arc. After years of visions, after following those visions to lead French armies to victory over the English, she denies them while a captive. Why? "I was afraid of the flames," she said simply. She knew they were going to burn her and she was afraid of the flames.
Even those with the best reasons to have faith, waver, so great is the separation between the material and the spiritual.
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