BLOGGING TOWARD SUNDAY…

Hello to everyone!  The last several weeks have made writing a daily blog nearly impossible, but I apologize for my absence and will try to do better.  My thought now is to turn this blog into a kind of “THOUGHT FOR THE DAY,” giving you a daily quote upon which to ponder, a quote which I hope will help you to deepen your faith.  Today’s thought is from Carl G. Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and committed Christian:

Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.  I am the oppressor of the person I condemn, not his friend and fellow-sufferer.  I do not in the least mean to say that we must never pass judgment in the cases of persons whom we desire to help and improve.  But if the doctor wishes to help a human being, he must be able to accept him as he is.  And he can do this in reality only when he has already seen and accepted himself as he is.

…the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.  That I feed the hungry, that I forgive an insult, that I love my enemy in the name of Christ — all these are undoubtedly great virtues.  What I do unto the least of my brethren, that I do unto Christ.  But what if I should discover that the least among them all, the poorest of all the beggars, the most impudent of all the offenders, the very enemy himself — that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness — that I myself am the enemy who must be loved — what then?  

(From C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of A Soul)

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