Spiritual Direction
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Spiritual Direction
Where we rest is a matter of what and how we love. Our restlessness is a reflection of what we try to “enjoy” as an end in itself—what we look to as a place to land. The heart’s hunger is infinite, which is why it will ultimately be disappointed with anything merely finite. Humans are those strange creatures who can never be fully satisfied by
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
“Hope is tough. It’s tougher to be uncertain than certain. It’s tougher to take chances than to be safe. And so hope is often seen as weakness, because it’s vulnerable, but it takes strength to enter into that vulnerability of being open to the possibilities.”
Commenting on Kuyper’s proposals for liturgical reform, Wolterstorff observes that, for Kuyper, “various parts of the liturgy, and the liturgy as a whole, are to be seen as ‘an interaction between God and the congregation.’ Liturgy is action; and the actions are not just human actions and not just divine actions but ‘an interaction between God and
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
Truth is not just factual truth (the great mistake of fundamentalists), but a combination of both text and context, style and intent.
Richard Rohr • Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
this ineffable reality that the word “silence” points to is not something that we need to acquire, like a piece of software we can install in the computer of our spiritual lives. It is pointing to something that is already within us, grounding all mental processes, whether precise, disciplined thinking or chaotic mental obsession.
Martin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
“My weight is my love,” he says. “Wherever I am carried, my love is carrying me.”
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
If there is such a thing as human perfection, it seems to emerge precisely from how we handle the imperfection that is everywhere, especially our own. – Richard Rohr
Psalm 23 (“The Lord is my shepherd”).
Kevin O'Brien • The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life
👁️ From Anonymity To Intimacy
Some statements on wonder from John O’Donohue
“If you have an infused sense of wonder then your wonder is able to transfigure that which is unknown within you and around you and it will take away the anonymity, the distance, and the separation, which the unknown always makes the vulnerable and fragile human creature... See more
Some statements on wonder from John O’Donohue
“If you have an infused sense of wonder then your wonder is able to transfigure that which is unknown within you and around you and it will take away the anonymity, the distance, and the separation, which the unknown always makes the vulnerable and fragile human creature... See more