Saturday, November 16, 2013

Daily Meditation: Unity in the Heart of God

Henri Nouwen Society - Daily Meditation
Saturday November 16, 2013 

 

Unity in the Heart of God

 

Love unites all, whether created or uncreated.  The heart of God, the heart of all creation, and our own hearts become one in love.  That's what all the great mystics have been trying to tell us through the ages. Benedict, Francis, Hildegard of Bingen, Hadewijch of Brabant, Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Dag Hammarskjöld, Thomas Merton, and many others, all in their own ways and their own languages, have witnessed to the unifying power of the divine love.  All of them, however, spoke with a knowledge that came to them not through intellectual arguments but through contemplative prayer.  The Spirit of Jesus allowed them to see the heart of God, the heart of the universe, and their own hearts as one.   It is in the heart of God that we can come to the full realisation of the unity of all that is, created and uncreated.

 

- Henri J. M. Nouwen  

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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.
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