Over the next few weeks we will be looking at excerpts from Matthew Kelly’s recent book, Holy Moments, a Handbook for the Rest of Your Life.
He sets the tone of the book through a tale of a monastery where a once thriving and joyful place fell into bitterness and competition.
The Abbot sought advice from a Hermit who gave him one sentence “The Messiah is among you.” When the Abbot returned to his monastery he found things had worsened in his absence and he repeated the Hermit’s advice to the monks. As they began to understand this they began to treat each other with kindness and respect. Gradually the monastery was again flourishing and visitors came back to experience the peace and joy that was there.
The key to this was TREAT EVERY PERSON YOU EVER MEET LIKE THEY WERE THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS IN DISGUISE. In the coming weeks we’ll look closer at what that means.