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We become neighbors when we are willing to cross the road for one another. (…) There is a lot of road crossing to do. We are all very busy in our own circles. We have our own people to go to and our own affairs to take care of. But if we could cross the road once in a while and pay attention to what is happening on the other side, we might indeed become neighbors.
Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A daybook of Wisdom and Faith, goodreads.com
Jesus never asked anyone to form a church, ordain priests, develop elaborate rituals and institutional cultures, and splinter into denominations. His two great requests were that we “love one another as I have loved you” and that we share bread and wine together as an open channel of that interabiding love.”
Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus:Transforming Heart and Mind, goodreads.com
Spiritual homecoming is the hunger of our age. Something from deep within tells us we should be able to feel at home on this earth. Escape to a promised land beyond this creation does not have the appeal of former times. Intuitively, more and more people suspect that the afterlife is a dimension of this life; our dead are all around us as cosmic creatures living at other vibrational levels. In the power of the Great Spirit, everything belongs to the one web of life. In our fragmented, conflictual, and competitively driven conditioning we are alienated from our true selves.
Diarmuid O’Murchu. Adult Faith: Growing in Wisdom and Understanding, p. 107.
We are on the cusp of a renewed Gospel life for the world. Will Pope Francis have the courage to renew the inner household of the church? This is the only way forward for our unfinished world seeking a new soul. Pope Francis stands at a pivotal moment in cosmic history and his vision of the whole is truly catholic. To bring together science and religion in a new theological vision will require a concerted effort of theologians, scientists, psychologists, environmentalists, economists and key players from Google, Apple and Facebook. It is time for Vatican III.
Ilia Delio. http://globalsistersreport.org/ 03-12-2015.
One of the deepest struggles in life is dealing with the unconscious anxiety inside of us that pressures us to try to give ourselves significance and immortality. There is always the inchoate gnawing: do something to guarantee that something of your life will last. It is this propensity that tempts us to try to find meaning and significance through success and accumulation. But in the end it does not work irrespective of how great our successes have been.
Ron Rolheiser. goodreads.com
