Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Nouwen Meditation: See Through Things

"Now and Then" Podcast
Relevant and timely - this week's Now & Then podcast features Michelle O’Rourke, emergency and palliative care nurse and author of the new book Healthy Caregiving - Perspectives for Caring Professionals in Company with Henri J.M. Nouwen.

DAILY MEDITATION | MAY 5, 2020
See Through Things
Contemplative life is a human response to the fundamental fact that the central things in life, although spiritually perceptible, remain invisible in large measure and can very easily be overlooked by the inattentive, busy, distracted person that each of us can so readily become. The contemplative looks not so much around things but through them into their center. Through their center he discovers the world of spiritual beauty that is more real, has more density, more mass, more energy, and greater intensity than physical matter. In effect, the beauty of physical matter is a reflection of its inner content.
But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

LUKE 10:40-41 (NIV)
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