just sayin’

Well, I have some ideas here, or maybe one idea, and it’s a hypothesis.

I don’t know if this line of thinking is accurate, but it came to mind.

And the hypothesis is that the reason that Jesus says, or the reason that Jesus said, seek first the kingdom, and all these things shall be added unto you.

It’s not a transactional, like, if you do what I say, if you, to use playground language, if you let me be the boss of you, then I’ll give you all this great stuff.

I don’t think that’s what’s going on.

And I also don’t think it means something purely spiritual.

I don’t think that Jesus is saying seek first the kingdom, in other words, seek some purely abstract, mystical, removed from the daily grind interior state.

I don’t think that’s what Jesus is saying either.

I think what Jesus is teaching is learn how to listen to me.

What Saint Joseph Teaches Me About Fatherhood and Masculine Strength

One of the things that I love about the Roman Catholic tradition, even if the words sound to my ears a bit awkward, is this concept of vocations. Now I have a Catholic friend who told me that in the Catholic context, vocations usually means or usually refers to those who are pursuing the priesthood, those who are pursuing the priesthood.