tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post94066930240359575..comments2023-07-05T08:17:21.505-04:00Comments on Getting to the Point: What Would Jesus Schmooze?Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-82079617621724910682013-08-03T20:29:06.977-04:002013-08-03T20:29:06.977-04:00Schmoozing= vanity. Sort of like the scripture fo...Schmoozing= vanity. Sort of like the scripture for tomorrow. Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. <br /><br />Vanity as we know it now, is a form of self idolatry, in which one rejects God for the sake of one's own image...and so becomes separated from the love/grace of God. It is a darkness we affluent westerners live with, and seem more unable than unwilling to do anything about. As Oscar Wild said "Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all"<br /><br />The gospel sort of points out the vanity again- the tendency we have to cling to stuff that is not God..and a warning that it brings no comfort. A warning perhaps- about the dangers of valuing one's own appearance- perspective, perhaps- so highly that one's own conscience is neglected. Maybe that is what you mean by schmoozing.<br /><br />Or perhaps the real vision is not of this earth- this radical vision where we "put on the new self', which is being renewed, for knowledge, in the image its creator...where there are no distinctions...and therefore no need for schmoozing.Catherinenoreply@blogger.com