Posted by Dena on September 27, 2003, at 12:30:18
I read this meditation this morning - it touched me, & so I offer it as a blessing to all who may partake - if you choose not to partake, then may you find another blessing...
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All that God has to say, in history and in our daily lives, is: "Are you willing?" Disamed & disaming: "Are you willing?""Are you willing, like the prodigal son, to rely on another image of yourself and so recover hope? Are you willing, like Zacchaeus and Mary Magdalene, to look beyond your guilt? Attuned to the Beatitudes, are you willing to take the poor man in, to suffer for righteousness, peace and mercy? Are you willing to entrust Me with your past and future? Are you willing? And lastly, are you willing to have Me? Are you willing to lead your life with Me, the real life, the life of hoping and giving, of truth and joy?"
No longer us, then, purifying our own ideas or inventing our idols, no longer us seeking God by the light of our own courage, our own notions; but God, God Himself, with Jesus' face, embodied in the concrete events of daily life, coming looking for us and asking this one question: "Are you willing, are you willing to make your life a partnership with Me? Are you willing?"
Father Bernard Bro
poster:Dena
thread:263735
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