Ubi Caritas: Nouwen Meditation: Hear the Voice that Calls You the Beloved

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: Hear the Voice that Calls You the Beloved

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DAILY MEDITATION | MAY 30, 2023

Hear the Voice that Calls You the Beloved

Solitude is listening to the voice that calls you the Beloved. It is being alone with the One who says, “You are my Beloved, I want to be with you. Don’t go running around, don’t start to prove to everybody that you’re beloved. You are already beloved.” That is what God says to us. Solitude is the place where we go in order to hear the truth about ourselves. It asks us to let go of the other ways of proving, which are a lot more satisfying. The voice that calls us the beloved is not the voice that satisfies the senses. That’s what the whole mystical life is about; it is beyond feelings and beyond thoughts.

"Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you."

PSALM 116:7 (NIV)

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