Sour-faced Saints.... Got to love the phrase "orgies of joy ;-)..... and "Preoccupied with feasts".... we shall have feasts... yes feasts...... worth a read to the end.
"A fifth dimension of paschal spirituality: It is joyful and optimistic. It is anchored in hope. It eagerly looks forward to the final glorification of the Second Coming. The cry of the Christian is, “There’s gonna be a great day!” ....... The true Christian is the lover separated from his beloved—the day of reunion cannot come too soon. Such is the happy, hopeful, buoyant spirit that characterizes paschal spirituality. It should set the tone of our life in Christ, day by day.
We ought to be preoccupied with parties, banquets, feasts, and merriment. We ought to give ourselves over to veritable orgies of joy because of our belief in resurrection. We ought to attract people to our faith quite literally by the fun there is in being a Christian. Unfortunately, however, we too readily become somber, serious, and pompous. We fly in the face of our own tradition because we are afraid of wasting time or getting attached. In the words of Teresa of Avila, “from silly devotions and sour-faced saints, spare us, O Lord.”
(Brennan Manning. The Signature Of Jesus)
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