A movie is never as good as the book.
Ever.
We saw the movie Ender’s Game today. We had all read the
book – which was phenomenal. So we were pretty sure the movie would stink. It
wasn’t bad. Not bad at all.
Ender was good. Bean was adorable. The adults were the weakest
part, but the kids carried the roles well. And that’s not easy to do. The
film adaptation of a book almost never holds up to one’s imagination.
You go into a movie with a character in your head, and you walk out of the
movie with your own perfect image obliterated. Never again will you be able to
drum up the image in your mind, no matter how hard you try.
Poof. Gone. From now on Colonel Graff will be Hans Solo. Bonzo
Madrid will be that little cheeky kid from Hannah Montana. And Mazer
Rackham will be Gandhi.
Not so with God. You read the Bible. You go to Mass. You pray.
But you have only begun to imagine what eternity will be like.
Our eyes have not seen. . .
Our ears have not heard. . .
Our imaginations cannot conceive. . .
. . . what God has waiting for those who love Him (I
Corinthians 2:9).
The finite cannot grasp the infinite. It cannot even come close.
The faithful will not be disappointed because the human mind can never ascend
to such divine heights - no matter how brilliant we are - no matter how
creative. Our only hope and safeguard against really getting it wrong (and having
our finite minds totally fall into heresy) is to stick close to Mother Church.
The Holy Spirit leads her into truth. Always has. Always will. (John 16:13
& Matthew 16:18).
The Church is – and always will be – the pillar and bulwark of
truth (I Timothy 3:15).
She possesses the author – or rather, the Author of life
possesses her. She alone has the fullness of faith, for Christ has given His
Body to her.
So, go ahead and imagine eternity. If you remain grounded in the
faith that has been passed down to you (2 Thessalonians 2:15), you will live to
see what God has waiting for those who love Him.
And you will not be disappointed.
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