{"id":19366,"date":"2019-03-11T07:38:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T12:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=19366"},"modified":"2019-03-14T13:25:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:25:29","slug":"society-perfect-room-imperfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2019\/03\/11\/society-perfect-room-imperfect\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Society of the Perfect, Is There Room for the Imperfect"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the society of the perfect, being imperfect is out of fashion.<\/span> When we turn on the television or access the internet, we find prototypes of perfect people.<\/span> Imperfect human beings made up with a sacred appearance.<\/span> A strong tendency of the present times is the requirement that the other be perfect.<\/span> This mark of our time comes disguised as “lack of patience”: “I have no patience with the people of my family,” “I am extremely impatient with my co- workers ,” “My parents are not the way I want them “… Phrases like these are more common than we dare to imagine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Illustrative photo: KatarzynaBialasiewicz by Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The perfection of the other is demanded at all costs.<\/span> People who consider themselves perfect require their brothers and sisters to be perfect too.<\/span> If this does not happen, fights and disappointments happen at aggressive levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Jesus’ time it was no different.<\/span> The Pharisees, scribes and teachers of the Law, responsible for the care of the temple and, consequently, for the religious formation of the people, considered themselves perfect.<\/span> They thought they had reached such a fullness that they were entitled to catalog the impurities of the people according to norms and religious criteria that oppressed the human being.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus perceived the hypocrisy contained in the gestures and attitudes of these perfect pretenders.<\/span> These demanded that the faithful carry heavy burdens and fulfill norms that benefit only themselves.<\/span> Those who demand perfection from others forget that they are also imperfect.<\/span> Often, they demand something that even they themselves can not fulfill.<\/span> They unconsciously occupy God’s<\/a> place.<\/span> They become judges: they judge, condemn and decree the sentence.<\/span> The other, rarely, has a chance of defense, given that, in most cases, judgment is wrapped in perfect gifts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Humility<\/span><\/h3>\n

When we speak of imperfection, we come into contact with our own imperfections.<\/span> We run into our own limits and failures.<\/span> A Pharisaic attitude discards imperfection and recognizes himself canonized.<\/span> The great saints never considered themselves saints in life.<\/span><\/em> What made them holy was the humility with which they clothed themselves.<\/span> Reconciled with their own humanity, these men and women who are now venerated on the altars, have turned imperfections into steps for holiness .<\/span> In the sin that was imprinted in their human DNA, they clothed themselves in the power of Christ.<\/span> They saw in the Master the way to humility, service and giving to others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong><\/span>
\n :: Documentary: ‘Laymen, protagonists of an outgoing Church’<\/a><\/span>
\n :: When we look at a woman, we understand a little more about God<\/a><\/span>
\n :: Our freedom requires respect for differences<\/a><\/span>
\n :: What governs human rights?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Respecting the process of each person’s walk is fundamental for those who want to build their path of holiness today.<\/span> Whoever has not learned to respect the imperfections of the other will hardly know the path of humility that will guide him to inner peace .<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus understood human imperfections.<\/span> He knew that the nature that covers us needed to be purified not by rituals of exclusion, but by rituals of inclusion.<\/span> Christ included in His love those excluded from the love of others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only those who understood that as imperfect as the other are themselves discovered the path to love and holiness manifested in the everyday of feelings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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