There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness
will be heard in the light,
and what you have whispered behind closed doors
will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Friday, October 14, 2016
The Readings for the Day
The Gospel for today, Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time, is Luke 12:1-7. Part of it struck me as curiously apposite:
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Politically apposite, I suppose you mean... I have been interested to see that among my online friends (who are often arguing one case or another), revealed secrets don't seem to matter because: a.) Republicans already "knew" what the candidate was like; b.) Republicans are voting for a platform, not the candidate; c.) Democrats don't believe in the various "-gates" and scandals linked to their candidate. Therefore it does not matter if what is concealed is revealed in our current context.
ReplyDeleteMy rather apolitical (well, I try to be informed, but the truth is that I am rather apolitical) and storytelling mind finds this state of affairs to be terrible but interesting as regards character and plot.
Today's lectionary speaks of a time when people "turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths." That, too, seems apposite.
Yes, politically apposite. Your online friends I think are in large part correct. My impression for many years has been that there really aren't many secrets. There are a few, call them "tactical" secrets: the 1st Division shall land at Omaha Beach, Hillary Clinton shall mention a Venezuelan Miss Universe in a political debate. As for secrets in the larger sense, I don't think that Donald Trump's attitudes towards women or Hillary Clinton's sense of what is due to her should surprise anybody.
DeleteWhich lectionary?
Episcopal. Though I might have had the date wrong... I often do!
DeleteAs someone who's not voting for president this year in a tiny attempt to demand better candidates, I've found the past year to be a true apocalypse, in the literal Greek sense of the word as an unveiling or uncovering. It's true that our national figures can conceal few secrets, but I've learned a great deal more than desired about the people around me: what truths they'd rather bury, how much of their own integrity they're willing to pawn to aid powerful figures who'd never reciprocate, what behavior they're willing to excuse in the name of a lesser evil or greater good. Like the lady at the end of Flannery O'Connor's story "Revelation," I haven't always seen what I'd hoped or expected to see, and the glimpse of reality hasn't always been flattering to me, either...
ReplyDeleteMrs. Turpin. She's so close to being Mrs. Turnip.
DeleteI think Marly identifies a useful way of dealing with unpleasant times - that is, the approach which sees things in terms of character and plot and story.
ReplyDeleteIt may not be the wisest way, but it seems to be mine.
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