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Reluctant Prophet? (Sat Sep 4, 2004 1:24 pm)
Be very grateful to anyone who points out your hypocrisy.
This true friend, or honest enemy, sees something that
you do not see or recognize in yourself, and is brave
enough to tell you so. We don't need canon law (c 212 )
or ARCC (Rt. No.3) to tell us that we can and should
speak out, but we do need someone or some community
to protect us from own inconsistencies and blindness.
Absolutely no one is immune or above this. As a matter of
fact, it is in high places where this blindness most prevails.
Psychological and spiritual glaucoma is the price of power.
It slowly destroys ones peripheral vision of reality down to
a very personal perspective, to the exclusion of all others.
As prophets we are called to testify to the truth of our own
experience even while recognizing its narrowness. Fully aware
that we may not always be correct, providing an honest subjective
observation of objective reality is all that we have to offer to
both friends and enemies. True friendship and true spiritual
love of enemies lies in voicing that perspective. Speaking out
is not an easy act of charity, but silence is betrayal.
(Commentary on Right No.3 in the Charter of Rights of Catholics
in the Church. "All Catholics have the right to engage in any
activity which does not infringe on the rights of others, e.g.,
they have the right to freedom of speech, freedom of press, and
freedom of association.") |
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