Kingsley: Amaziah's way

Thursday, September 27, 2012
    Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660
Meditation:
    Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”
    —Amos 7:12-13 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The way to please men, and be popular, always was, and always will be, Amaziah’s way; to tell men that they may worship God and the golden calf at the same time, that they may worship God and money, worship God and follow the ways of this wicked world which suit their fancy and their interest; to tell them the kingdom of God is not over you now, Christ is not ruling the world now; that the kingdom of God will only come when Christ comes at the last day, and meanwhile, if people will only believe what they are told, and live tolerably respectable lives, they may behave in all things else as if there was no God, and no judgments of God.
    ... Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), from “Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel”, in All Saints’ Day, and other sermons, ed. William Harrison, London: Kegan Paul, 1878, p. 15 (see the book)
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, open our ears to Your word. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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