be- ing and do-ing, continued . . . . . .

- at mass tonight, staring at the Lamb of God, Jesus, i realized that Eucharist is the ultimate way of being; the ultimate form of being; and the ultimate being. And it is the ultimate way of doing; the form of doing; and doing
- "be-ing" is not static. There is a movement there. "Be" is a verb, which means present. The "ing" is denoting, or indicating an action or verb. Put them together, and you have a present action. You have something which is now.
- "Do-ing" is commonly used as a noun. It is when a thought or intent becomes more than sentiment - it becomes something; someone; somewhere.

- Eucharist is the ultimate in being, because GOD is present the same way yesterday, today, and forever. and Eucharist is the ultimate in doing, because the eternal God takes His infiniteness and makes it present now in a gift;
- He has been, and He did it. He is, and He is doing it. He will be, and He will do it.
The gift has been gifted; it is being gifted; and will never stop being given.

Alright; this is officially hurting my brain.

trying to just be . .

- had a great lunch conversation with my friend, Tam. That's right - Tam. It's Mat backwards. It's humorous. well - to me, at least. Anyway, we talked about how we want to DO, but God calls us to BE. So the question is, can you "be" in the midst of doing? I propse you can; and it's all based on this quote:

"Pray as if everything depends on God, and act as if everything depends on you"

- I'm so terrible at both at the same time; it's my tendency to lean towards one or the other; but never BOTH at the same time.
Ah . . . . therin lies the rub ......

the shallow and the deep

- so this is my blog page.i'm calling it "along the shores", because that's where most of my thoughts happen - figuratively speaking. They don't really happen "in the deep" - cause i'm too busy at that point. It's hard to think when you're in the deep. Maybe you're concentrating on staying afloat, and not drowning. Maybe the call is to drown. But at any rate, i know that most of my thoughts come along the shores
- Jesus spoke and taught from the deep waters, and his disciples and followers sat and listened along the shore. Along the shores is where we are called from; it's from a place of "intimate security".
- isn't it interesting that there is no real sudden gap between the shallow shores and the deep waters. You walk into the water, and at some point - you're chest deep. and you turn around, and see how far you've come; and at this point, the fearful don't want to go any further. But the adventurer in us wants to keep going. Then, you're in over your head; you "bob" up and down, like a kid in the deep end of a pool, each time wanting to stay under a little longer, until the point where you can hold your breath and break the surface and see what's really underneath the water.
- this hopefully will be a place where people can come and gather along the shores; may we listen to the master.