Creation Is a Ladder to God
Penance, poverty, humility and compassion were the values that forged Francis into a “cosmic brother,” one who was related to all creatures and to the elements of creation.
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Tree Pietas
I’m now a seeker of these tree pietas, because they remind me of how the psalms catch me.
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God Hears Our Cries
What the psalms began to teach me is to stay true to my human grief, to articulate it, to bring the fear and frustration straight to God.
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An Experience of the Divine
That is what holy moments always feel like: I am great beyond belief and I am a little dot in the universe. This experience only needs to happen once, just as it did for Peter, James, and John.
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Moving toward Unconditional Love
You are to love with the same kind of love that God loves you, which is total unconditional love. This is the summit and goal of all Jesus’ moral teaching, and we cannot possibly follow it apart from divine union.
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The ‘Holiness of Negotiation’
If we focus on finding common ground with one another, we’re less likely to end up in irreconcilable disputes. We might never come around to another’s point of view completely, but both sides may move closer to the middle.
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God’s Mercy Transforms Us
The revelation of the Gospels is that our God is bigger and greater and more loving and trustworthy than even the best human being we have known.
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