BLOG OF ELOY ROY - EVERYBODY GOES TO HEAVEN

Many of us were born bathing like fish in a sea of holy water. The divinity was present in everything and everywhere. We were devout, pious, superstitious, gullible, docile and childlike. We were also mystiques. We would sublimate everything. For us, evil, disorder, misfortunes were coming from sin, from our condition of sinners. We had to fight sin within us and, as much as possible, around us. We would fight it through sacrifice, self-will, impositions, even violence. At times, we would rebel a little, but our rebellions did not last very long. We believed in a God infinitely good, but we believed that we did not merit anything from his goodness. We had to struggle to merit his benefits and sacrifice ourselves to give him proof of our love. Nothing was nice enough neither big enough for our God. That is why we would give our life to him. We would bloat the ranks of the religious orders by committing ourselves to a life of austerity, of prayer, of self-givin...

The language of the Gospel is not our language. Every time we read it as if the people of two thousand years ago thought, expressed themselves or wrote like us , we make a mistake . Their way of telling was probably that of the popular storytellers or of the popular theatre of their time In those days, few people knew how to read. What is reported in the gospels was first related, played and maybe mimed in small groups and in the presence of various crowds, giving rise to enthusiasm and admiration, and surely controversy and debate also.  It was a little like the television of the times, the improvised speech or show in a back alley, in the shade of a tree or on the porch of an inn. For many, Jesus was the unbeatable hero of the hour. His many admirers did not get tired of relating his story. Everyone would insert in it some elements that he wanted, and surely would, in passing, add something more for the greatest joy of the audience. The important thing w...