Thursday, September 23, 2021

Nouwen Meditation: Presence and Absence

On September 21st, 2021, over 2,000 had signed up to gather online to commemorate and celebrate Henri Nouwen's remarkable life and legacy. If you missed it, here's the link to watch at your leisure.


DAILY MEDITATION | SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Presence and Absence
One of the mysteries of life is that memory can often bring us closer to each other than can physical presence. Physical presence not only invites but also blocks communication. In our pre-resurrection state our bodies hide as much as they reveal. Indeed, many of our disappointments and frustrations in life are related to the fact that seeing and touching each other does not always create the closeness we seek. The more experience in living we have, the more we sense that closeness grows in the continuous interplay between presence and absence.
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)
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