Often erroneously attributed to Mother Teresa, The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith is a worldly call to action, that nevertheless cuts to the heart of what I think it means to be Christian to an un-Christian world. It’s all the more remarkable for being written when he was 19 years old.
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
[…] Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
I believe that we are called to do thus, so that at the end of days, we will have the strength to stand with confidence before the Son of Man [Lk 21:36], not just having proclaimed “Lord, Lord”, but also having done the will of Our Father in heaven. [Mt 7:21]
Amen.