Friday, April 8, 2022

Nouwen Meditation: Solidarity is the Other Side of Intimacy

Now & Then Podcast
REPLAY OF A POPULAR PODCAST: In this episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, best-selling author and theologian Sister Joan Chittister reflects on the importance of nurturing a “monastic heart" and offers valuable insight and encouragement for these unprecedented and challenging times.

DAILY MEDITATION | APRIL 8, 2022
Solidarity is the Other Side of Intimacy
Those who have entered deeply into their hearts and found the intimate home where they encounter their Lord come to the mysterious discovery that solidarity is the other side of intimacy. They come to the awareness that the intimacy of God’s house excludes no one and includes everyone. They start to see that the home they have found in their innermost being is as wide as the whole of humanity. . . . it is of great importance to see the inner connection between intimacy and solidarity. If we fail to recognize this connection, our spirituality will become either privatized or narrowly activist and will no longer reflect the full beauty of living in God’s house.
"Whoever loves a brother or sister lives in the light, and in such a person there is no cause for stumbling."

1 JOHN 2:10 (NRSV)
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