Ubi Caritas: Nouwen Meditation: Let Yourself Be Loved

Sunday, March 8, 2020

Nouwen Meditation: Let Yourself Be Loved

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This year's Lent Discussion Group is focusing on Henri's beloved book "The Return of the Prodigal Son." We thought you'd enjoy hearing this podcast from last year, where Sister Sue Mosteller, Literary Excutrix, Henri Nouwen Estate, and Joe Egan of L’Arche, Toronto, share Nouwen’s meditations on the depth of God’s compassion to welcome us home.

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DAILY MEDITATION | MARCH 8, 2020

Let Yourself Be Loved

I deeply know that I have a home in Jesus, just as Jesus has a home in God. I know, too, that when I abide in Jesus I abide with him in God. “Those who love me,” Jesus says, “will be loved by my Father” (John 14:21). My true spiritual work is to let myself be loved, fully and completely, and to trust that in that love I will come to the fulfillment of my vocation. I keep trying to bring my wandering, restless, anxious self home, so that I can rest there in the embrace of love.

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"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens and I will give you rest."

MATTHEW 11:28 (NRSV)

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