my spirit rejoices: A likely story ........

And it is this humanity of Jesus that makes visible what is divine in him,
which makes him manifest to us as God. Frenzy of any kind - even if it is
'religious' zeal and frenzy - is totally alien to the man of the New
Testament. Think about it: Every time that we believe we are absolutely
indispensable, every time we think that the world and the Church depend on
our tireless activity, we over-value ourselves.

It is not that I wish to sing the praises of laziness, but I do wish to
suggest a certain change in the table of virtues as it has evolved in the
Western world, for which only action counts as a legitimate and conceivable
activity - whereas meditation, wonder, self-communion and silence are seen
to be indefensible and worthless, or at the very least, 'activities' that
need to be justified.

Benedict XVI

my spirit rejoices

Sunday, October 19, 2008

A likely story ........

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