"Be careful not to hate the ones killing us because they know not what they are doing. God forgive them."
THE REV. MEYASSR AL-QASPOTROS, at a Chaldean Catholic church in Baghdad
I am Iraqi and I personally know this priest. He is not as loving as what his words are. His quotes, publised by his Baghdad-based NY Times journalist friend, are so wonderful that I agree we should follow, but not to follow him as a person and definitely not to call him a prince of peace.
Thank you for the notes. iknowhim, I appreciate that you don't discount the message because you distrust the messenger. To be clear, I was not referring to the priest as the Prince of Peace, The date of the story being Christmas on my spiritual calendar, I was recalling the prophet Isaiah (chapter 9, verse 6 in the TNIV Bible):
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Many in my tribe embrace a 'Newspeak' vision of what that means for humankind in general and each of us in particular; I do not. I join Jesus in praying, "Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Great Words with Not so great actions
ReplyDeleteI am Iraqi and I personally know this priest. He is not as loving as what his words are. His quotes, publised by his Baghdad-based NY Times journalist friend, are so wonderful that I agree we should follow, but not to follow him as a person and definitely not to call him a prince of peace.
Thank you for the notes. iknowhim, I appreciate that you don't discount the message because you distrust the messenger. To be clear, I was not referring to the priest as the Prince of Peace, The date of the story being Christmas on my spiritual calendar, I was recalling the prophet Isaiah (chapter 9, verse 6 in the TNIV Bible):
ReplyDeleteFor to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Many in my tribe embrace a 'Newspeak' vision of what that means for humankind in general and each of us in particular; I do not. I join Jesus in praying, "Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."