03/05/2026
We’re often taught directly or indirectly, that to be good, to be worthy, to belong… we must follow a certain structure, a certain organisation, a certain path laid out for us.
There was a time in Ireland when it was impossible to attend school unless we were baptised and so it became the norm, not always out of belief, but because it was seen as necessary for access and opportunity.
But here’s something I find deeply ironic and worth really sitting with if you’re Catholic.
Jesus was born and lived as a Jew. His teachings came from that tradition, from his people, his culture.
And yet, it was the Roman Empire that put him to death, the very power structure that would later become closely tied to the institution that now speaks most loudly in his name.
That contrast raises questions for me, because when I look at Jesus's life, I don’t see someone building institutions or demanding control.
I see someone who challenged authority, who stood with the outcasts, who reminded people that love and truth don’t belong to systems, they live within us.
We are sacred because we are.
Not because we belong to a religion. Not because we follow a set of rules. Not because we’re recognised by an institution.
But because we exist. Because we feel. Because we can love, choose, grow, seek truth and see through the eyes of compassion.
So you see, when we truly realise and accept that we are already sacred, already enough without needing validation from institutions or corporations, something powerful shifts within us.
We become free.
Free from the need to prove our worth. Free from fear based belief. Free from systems that rely on us feeling small in order to exist.
Because the truth is… when we know who we are at our core, we become untouchable in a way no system can control.
Not through force, but through inner peace. Through self-trust. Through love.
