Thursday, August 20, 2020

Nouwen Meditation: To Pray is to Live

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This week's episode of "Henri Nouwen, Now & Then" features a conversation with award-winning author and activist Bob Massie. Bob is a man who learned from Henri how to live without fear even in the face of pain and disappointment.

DAILY MEDITATION | AUGUST 20, 2020
To Pray is to Live
Maybe someone will say to you, “You have to forgive yourself.” But that isn’t possible. What is possible is to open your hands without fear, so that the One who loves you can blow your sins away. Then the coins you considered indispensable for your life prove to be little more than light dust that a soft breeze will whirl away, leaving only a grin or a chuckle behind. Then you feel a bit of new freedom and praying becomes a joy, a spontaneous reaction to the world and the people around you. Praying then becomes effortless, inspired, and lively, or peaceful and quiet. When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.
"But only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken from her."

LUKE 10:42 (NIV)
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