Friday, February 3, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: Love Deeply

Now & Then Podcast
In this week's episode of Henri Nouwen Now & Then, we meet distinguished scholar and award-winning author Dr. Michael W. Higgins.  Co-author of Impressively Free: Henri Nouwen as a Model for a Reformed Priesthood, Michael shares incredible insight into the significance of Nouwen’s life and writing, and offers a savvy perspective on the state of the Catholic Church today.

DAILY MEDITATION | FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Love Deeply
Do not hesitate to love and to love deeply. You might be afraid of the pain that deep love can cause. When those you love deeply reject you, leave you, or die, your heart will be broken. But that should not hold you back from loving deeply. The pain that comes from deep love makes your love even more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root and grow into a strong plant. Every time you experience the pain of rejection, absence, or death, you are faced with a choice. You can become bitter and decide not to love again, or you can stand straight in your pain and let the soil on which you stand become richer and more able to give life to new seeds.
""But the person who is forgiven only a little will love only a little."

LUKE 7:47b (NRSV)
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