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Wondrous Encounters : Scripture for Lent
Religious people, on the whole, think that by generous ascetic and spiritual effort they can come eventually to an experience of union with God. This is not so. Only One has attained the Father and we can attain him only insofar as we allow ourselves to be caught up in Jesus, carried along by him. In practice this means renouncingany spiritual achi
... See moreOcd Burrows Ruth • Essence of Prayer (Hiddenspring)
Anyone who in these hymns encounters the passion of Christ, and experiences in them the pain of the love of God for himself, knows that he himself is something different from what sorrow and the fear of death, the yoke of slavery and his masters have made and seek to make of him.
Jurgen Moltmann • The Crucified God: 40th Anniversary Edition
Contemplation and compassion are finally coming together. This is my second gaze.
It is well worth waiting for because only the second gaze sees fully and truthfully. It sees itself, the other, and even God with God’s own eyes, which are always eyes of compassion. It is from this place that true action must spring. Otherwise, most of our action
... See moreLike a child you must meet a living world through relationship as gift. As Bonhoeffer says in his own exploration of this text, Jesus belongs (is attached) to children. You must be a person bound to others to enter this kingdom. This is a kingdom of resonance, not resources (and the alienation that resource obsession will inevitably produce).