October 1, 2019

SACROSANCT

If I hesitate when someone is labeled “sacred” -

how much more would I pause when some

particular person might be  called “sacrosanct”? 

Oooh! Why would we do that to someone or

even something - labeling or describing them

as “sacred” or “a sacrament” or “sacrosanct”?

We canonize people after they die - and that’s

a long process - and books about saints now

list moments like doubts, struggles, and fears.

Better would it be to see and to treat everyone

and everything as good as the God of Genesis

describes all that He has created. We are good.

Moreover, the second meaning of “sacrosanct” 

is a sort of put down - a saccharin - sugar coated

holiness - different than when Christ walked with us.

Being good, being sacred, becoming a saint

has to do with being a servant, a savior, a person

who shows us the image and likeness of God.

So two bottom lines when it comes to being sacred

would be: we are good - called to be the gift we

are; and we are called to growth towards wholeness.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019