We who attend to business know its limits. We know the difference between economic events and market events, which is which. We know the market can address many of man's problems, and we regret the markets are so constrained from doing so much more good. But at the same time we are clear there are vast swaths of action, probably most of human experience, that cannot be addressed by markets. That territory might be summarized as man's experience of faith, hope and love.
These are also theological virtues, and come to us from metaphysics. Love is the most accessible of these experiences, and love points to hope. Hope comes and goes a bit too much, but when it is present, hope points to faith, the toughest virtue. That is a dicey foundation. Think of the true believers after the crucifixion: eleven were in hiding, afraid they were next, a twelfth had committed suicide.
We naturally judge God by ourselves, when, as a preacher man said on the radio the other day, the trick is to judge ourselves by God. Easier to judge others by ourselves, like Judas, the one who handled the money, and judged Jesus.
Love is wanting the good for the other. Being customer-employed necessarily means wanting the good for the other, loving thy neighbor as thyself, with goods and services developed initially to solve problems for oneself. And then in turn improving them in order that they serve ever more people.
So on this Easter, like every Easter, Jesus arises and says, Be Not Afraid. And then, in essence, Jesus said, "get to work" as He defines it. Love one another.
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These are also theological virtues, and come to us from metaphysics. Love is the most accessible of these experiences, and love points to hope. Hope comes and goes a bit too much, but when it is present, hope points to faith, the toughest virtue. That is a dicey foundation. Think of the true believers after the crucifixion: eleven were in hiding, afraid they were next, a twelfth had committed suicide.
We naturally judge God by ourselves, when, as a preacher man said on the radio the other day, the trick is to judge ourselves by God. Easier to judge others by ourselves, like Judas, the one who handled the money, and judged Jesus.
Love is wanting the good for the other. Being customer-employed necessarily means wanting the good for the other, loving thy neighbor as thyself, with goods and services developed initially to solve problems for oneself. And then in turn improving them in order that they serve ever more people.
So on this Easter, like every Easter, Jesus arises and says, Be Not Afraid. And then, in essence, Jesus said, "get to work" as He defines it. Love one another.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
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