S01 Ep. 46 – Healing False Images of God

Given the inherent brokenness of the human condition, one of the great challenges in the spiritual life is to develop a proper notion of God as He is, quite apart from how we imagine Him to be.  Fr. Eric expounds upon the Parable of the Two Sons (Mt 21:28-32) to show how a keen familiarity with the Bible can help us to move past our own feelings and past woundedness to see God as a kind, loving and merciful Father.

Topics discussed include the need to allow the truth of Sacred Scripture to emerge slowly through a careful reading of the text; the importance of freedom, conscience and personal reflection in helping us to say “yes” to Our Father in heaven; and the need to move past a superficial relationship with God whereby we give Him simply quick and superficial responses to His invitations to relationship and the fullness of life.

Fr. Eric discusses also how the Parable of the Two Sons illustrates how God prefers that we approach matters of discernment with patience and thoughtfulness; and how we should not get discouraged by our own imperfection, because we have a Father who understands that we need to work through the various complications in life and in our own hearts before we can give a firm, definitive “yes” to Christ the Lord.

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