Ubi Caritas: Nouwen Meditation: Be Surprised by Joy

Friday, March 24, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: Be Surprised by Joy

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DAILY MEDITATION | MARCH 24, 2023

Be Surprised by Joy

Learn the discipline of being surprised not by suffering but by joy. As we grow old . . . there is suffering ahead of us, immense suffering, a suffering that will continue to tempt us to think that we have chosen the wrong road. . . . But don’t be surprised by pain. Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by the immense healing power that keeps bursting forth like springs of fresh water from the depth of our pain.

"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, that you have established, what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?"

PSALM 8:3,4 (NRSV)

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