Saturday, July 29, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: Can We Recognize His Presence?

A Living Gospel - Week 3
"THOMAS MERTON: SPIRITUAL EXPLORER"

Reflecting on how God awakens
deeper love in our spiritual journey.

Our host, Robert Ellsberg, invites us to connect  to our deepest yearning for God as we  consider Thomas Merton’s journey.
DAILY MEDITATION | JULY 29, 2023
Can We Recognize His Presence?
The world in which we live today and about whose suffering we know so much seems more than ever a world from which Christ has withdrawn himself. How can I believe that in this world we are constantly being prepared to receive the Spirit? Still, I think that this is exactly the message of hope. God has not withdrawn himself. He sent his Son to share our human condition and the Son sent us his Spirit to lead us into the intimacy of his divine life. It is in the midst of the chaotic suffering of humanity that the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Love, makes himself visible. But can we recognize his presence?
"I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite."

ISAIAH 57:15b (NIV)
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