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The Facebook-free cloister

 

I was thinking about the fact that I'm off of Facebook today because, for me, being there is a major temptation to sin.  When I've been there I have always fallen into the sins of pride, arrogance, coarse language, disrespect for authority and a generally judgemental attitude.  Even though the things I say may be quite true, the manner in which I say them and the assumptions I make about the motives of others, are not acceptable, in fact they are quite sinful.

So, being a foolish sort of old man, I was pondering the idea of going back to Facebook anyway, because after all I should be able to be on that platform with out being a major league jerk, right?  Well, yes, I should be able to, but I should also be able to focus on Christ and follow Him every moment of the day as well.  I should be able to "pray constantly", but I don't.

From there my mind went to the famous hermits and monks, great saints of the Church, who left the world to seek God.  I have always tended to sneer at their supposed holiness because after all, how hard is it to be Holy when you have no one around to irritate you or to distract you.  I have often said to myself, "if I were isolated and alone I could pray all day too!"   I know this is not true but I say it anyway.  

But wait, what am I talking about?  These men left the world, abandoned wealth, property and status, in order to seek the Lord.  They renounced everything they had to seek Christ.  Yes, it may be easier to seek God without the distractions of the world, but Jesus acknowledges that Himself when he says "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."  One of the best ways to advance in holiness, to grow closer to Christ, to begin to work on Theosis, is to renounce the things of the world that keep us from entering fully into communion with the Holy Trinity!  So, foolish person that I am, I will renounce those things I become aware of that make me "miss the mark" which is to sin.  LHM.  Lord Have Mercy on me, the sinner.  Nope, I'm not going back to that part of the world anytime soon.

 

 

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