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Contemplation is no escape from anguish
Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude of the contemplative experience awakens a tragic anguish and opens many questions in the depths of the heart like wounds that cannot stop bleeding. For every gain in deep certitude there is a corresponding growth of superficial “doubt.”
Caiaphas asked no whys
Caiaphas asked no Whys. He was frozen into the rigidity of the religious establishment of Jesus' day, and because of this frozenness, he feared Jesus as a blasphemer.
The opposite of sin can only be faith and never virtue
The opposite of sin can only be faith, and never virtue. (Quoting H.A. Williams)
Light in the cosmos
I’ve been journeying with Madeleine L’Engle among the stars, trying to grasp the majesty of the heavens and yet hold confidently to God’s intimacy with humanity. Listening to Silicone Boone has given lyrics to much of my own experience. I’m enjoying these today: Charged and luring where you fly Are you the flicker of a sign and wonder Or just some great misfire - (Silicone Boone, Diamond) The stars have long been a portal into the wonder of God’s power and majesty, but the mysteries we’ve uncovered from their light complicate our notions of God’s handiwork.…