The Fear that Binds
But first came the apprehension fear - the I've read enough of bio-ops on the Saints to repeat St. Teresa of Avila's admonishment to Christ when she allegedly landed in the mud after her donkey bucked her. "IF this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so few of them." Exactly Teresa - fear that if I made this commitment to follow Christ beyond the Sunday obligation (aka keeping perfect attendance just in case this is all real) bad stuff would befall me. I gave this some real thought too banishing these Saints from my thoughts and prayers because in some twisted mind-set way felt if I acknowledged them the same fate my beset me ... on the 'do not call' list were:
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yup- we definitely needed your voice
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