The movement in our relationship to God is always from God to us. Always. We can’t, through our piety or goodness, move closer to God. God is always coming near to us. Most especially in the Eucharist and in the stranger.
--Nadia Bolz-Weber,
Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith
of a Sinner & Saint
Image source: Plautilla Nelli, Last Supper (detail, ca. 1568). For an article about this remarkable work, likely the earliest Last Supper ever painted by a woman, see https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-last-supper-woman-painter-florence
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