When hope feels thin, miracles don’t fix it… people do. What most people don’t realize is that wisdom, patience, and perseverance are the real forces for justice. That’s why human connection, shared wisdom, and steady courage matter more than divine intervention when the world feels impossible!
It’s interesting to note that LOTS of sacred stories promise quick victories if you just believe hard enough—but real life asks for something slower and much harder: help each other, learn and teach patiently, and maintain a resilient, steady courage when justice takes its sweet time!
Welcome to Mythologizing the Bible, where we’ll be taking a look at three readings from the Christian Bible through the lens of “sacred myth.”
As we reflect on the readings for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C, we’ll explore how human interdependence outperforms miracle thinking, why wisdom shared with patience changes hearts more than criticism does, and how persistence—aimed at what is truly just—moves the world inch by inch.
In this episode, we’re asking an honest question: What happens when we set aside supernatural shortcuts and focus on the values underneath—mutual support, careful instruction, and resilient action? Because if faith is going to help anyone today, it should look less like waiting for lightning to strike and more like people holding one another up and sticking with it until the job is done.
