Sublime

“The near enemies depict how spirituality can be misunderstood or misused to separate us from life.”

But then Olivier brought me Jean-François Revel’s marvelous anthology of French poetry,

You don’t get over the shadows inside you simply by walking away from them.

The circle of white cotton told me that when we’re feeling poorest—when we’ve lost a friend, when a dream has failed, when we seem to have nothing left in the world to make life beautiful—that’s when God says, You’re richer than you think.

When in the Soul of the Serene Disciple When in the soul of the serene disciple With no more Fathers to imitate Poverty is a success, It is a small thing to say the roof is gone: He has not even a house. Stars, as well as friends, Are angry with the noble ruin. Saints depart in several directions. Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. I

For when the mind is brought to stillness, and all our strategies of acquisition have dropped, a deeper truth presents itself: we are and have always been one with God and we are all one in God (Jn 17:21).

I’m discovering that my understanding of spirituality, how I practice my life and how I move into the world around me, does not just inform my ministry but is the ministry. It begins with how I walk into a room.