Ubi Caritas: Nouwen Meditation: Know that You are Welcome

Thursday, January 5, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: Know that You are Welcome

Now & Then Podcast

Happy 2023! Our first Henri Nouwen, Now & Then episode of the year features a talk from Henri Nouwen himself, first recorded in 1983. In part two of this series, Henri focuses on the importance of resistance, seeing the way of Jesus as the greatest force of non-violence in the world. In a world marred by war and deep divisions, Henri's message is as timely and meaningful today as ever.

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DAILY MEDITATION | JANUARY 5, 2023

Know that You are Welcome

Not being welcome is your greatest fear. It connects with your birth fear, your fear of not being welcome in this life, and your death fear, your fear of not being welcome in the life after this. It is the deep-seated fear that it would have been better if you had not lived.

Here you are facing the core of the spiritual battle. Are you going to give in to the forces of darkness that say you are not welcome in this life, or can you trust the voice of the One who came not to condemn you but to set you free from fear? You have to choose life. At every moment you have to decide to trust the voice that says, “I love you. I knit you together in your mother’s womb” (Psalms 139:13).

Everything Jesus is saying to you can be summarized in the words “Know that you are welcome.” Jesus offers you his own most intimate life with the Father.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

MATTHEW 11:28 (NIV)

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