Thursday, November 21, 2013

like bitter sweets we suck on endlessly

"Most of us have half-a-dozen or so favorite anxieties, like bitter sweets we suck on endlessly. We would be frightened to be deprived of them. Jesus challenges us to go beyond the fear of letting go of anxiety, the fear we have of peace itself." 
[Laurence Freeman]

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

through what he suffered

"Although [Jesus] was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered." 
Hebrews 5:8

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

the dark chaos of our inner being

"In the morning I will stand and see my God, who sheds the light of salvation on my face, who will breathe life even into our mortal bodies through the Spirit who dwells in us and has been mercifully hovering over the dark chaos of our inner being."  
[Augustine, Confessions, Book XIII]

in each sister and brother

If God comes down to earth through [the] Son made flesh, then we ascend toward heaven through Jesus present in each sister and brother for ...