It’s getting close to Halloween. Let’s talk about fear, and I’m not talking about the “It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” kind of fear. I’m talking about the virtue of holy fear, that in the gospel for this Sunday, it says that the judge did not fear God, and that’s a bad thing, and it’s not being scared of God, he’s going to come and smite me. It’s having a beautiful reverence and love for the truth of who God is. Holy fear is when we kneel in the presence of the Eucharist. Holy fear is when I realize that I need help and I cannot do it on my own. I need our savior outside of me. Holy fear is realizing that, oh my gosh, I am held in existence by God himself. When he doesn’t have to face the fear of the Lord, which is the bottom line, it leads us closer to God and to the truth of who God is. Amen. Amen. Do not be afraid to fear God.
This is Spirit Juice. Peace.
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