Or Would You Rather Be Free?
This time*, as Jesus’ core disciples miss the mark again, Jesus has been offering some of the deepest wisdom he has to convey. They need to really understand that the powers of this world, when confronted with the fullness of God’s love and justice, will so much prefer to keep their power that they will […]
More Loving in My Heart – July 13, 2018
“I want to be more loving in my heart! It is often easy to see it with my mind, and give assent to the thought of being loving. But I want to be more loving in my heart! So I must ease the tension in my heart that ejects the sharp barb, the stinging word. […]
Resisting Love
There is a story near the beginning of Gregory Boyle’s wonderful book, Tattoos of the Heart, that moved me deeply. In the account, Father Greg is getting to know Rigo, a 15-year-old young man he’s visiting in prison, and he asks Rigo about his mother. “That’s her over there,” Rigo points. “There’s no one like her. […]
June 27, 2018
“Let this be the aim of meditation: to turn one’s innermost being into a vast empty plain, with none of the treacherous undergrowth to impede the view. So that something of ‘God’ can enter you, and something of ‘Love’ too. Not eh kind of love-de-luxe that you revel in deliciously for half an hour, taking […]