Weekly Pause & Ponder

Weekly Pause & Ponder

In the person of Jesus God’s self-communication to all creatures reaches its concrete and tangible expression in history…. What Jesus began to teach about the divine energy is that it is inclusive, that in its radiant presence it embraces all that is. The connectedness of all life is not merely a physical phenomenon but an essential of that divine presence.

 Radical Amazement, by Judy Cannato p.75.

 

Weekly Pause & Ponder

…”to be” is to be with.” Reality is “being with another” in a way open to more union and more being. Since being is existence toward another, being relational and exists for the sake of giving. I do not exist in order that I may possess; rather I exist in order that I may give of myself, for it is in giving that I am myself. Cosmic life is intrinsically communal. Being is first a “we” before it can become an “I.” There is no being who can stand up and say “I did it alone.”  Rather, the universe is thoroughly relational and in the framework of love.

The Unbearable Wholeness of Being, by Ilia Delio, p. 45.

Weekly Pause & Ponder

The Christian season of Advent has as its central theme the coming of the Christ-Star into the world. It is a time to remember how God’s Beloved came to restore harmony to a fractured world, to dispel whatever keeps love from shining through all beings. The Christ-Star, this Irresistible Love in us, this Radiant Goodness, is at the core of our souls. Advent reminds us that each of us has the light of this Shining Star within us. This special season assures us that we can radiate love and goodness to others.

The Circle of Life by Joyce Rupp & Macrina Wiederkehr, p. 279