Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi
Love demands a complete inner transformation — for without this we cannot possibly come to identify ourselves with our brother. We have to become, in some sense, the person we love. And this involves a kind of death of our own being, our own self.
Catherine Shannon • Overcoming isolation within the self
True contemplation is the most subversive of activities because it undercuts the one thing that normally refuses to give way—our natural individualism and narcissism.
Peacemaking and Contemplation
Simple honesty and humility.
Richard Rohr • Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
