Weekly Pause & Ponder

Weekly Pause & Ponder

In a universe in which all living beings form one body, care of the Earth is inextricably bound up with work for peace and justice. We cannot claim to love God if we ignore our neighbor in need... We share one life and draw from one divine Source. This calls for spiritual practice that is global in scope and grounded in universal compassion.

Loving Creation by Kathleen Fischer, p. 45.

Weekly Pause & Ponder

It is absolutely essential to introduce into the study of the humanities a dimension of wisdom oriented to contemplation as well as to wise action. For this, it is no longer sufficient merely to go back over the Christian and European cultural traditions. The horizons of the world are no longer confined to Europe and America. We have to gain new perspectives, and on this our spiritual and even our physical survival may depend. 

Matthew Fox.  A Way to God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality Journey. 
New World Publishing. P.98.