He who goes about to reform the world
must begin with himself,
or he loses his labor.
--St. Ignatius of Loyola
For anyone who feels breathless. Maybe moving through this world, in your body, is enough to make you feel constriction in your chest. Maybe you’re holding someone close to you who is struggling and suffering. Maybe you are reeling from the latest mass shooting, or the refugee crisis at the border, or the looming threat of climate change, or the blistering pace of a global pandemic. Maybe, like me, you are breathless from all of the above. I thought my breathlessness was a sign of my weakness, until a wise friend told me what I wish to tell you: Your breathlessness is a sign of your bravery. It means you are awake to what’s happening right now. The world is in transition.
--Valarie Kaur,
See No Stranger
Image source: Sieger Köder, Mary Magdalene at the Tomb, https://sophiawakens.com/2018/04/10/mary-magdalene-go-to-my-brothers/
Image source 2: Niccolò Dell’Arca, Lamentation over the Dead Christ (15th c.), https://leavingbethany.com/2023/05/01/mary-magdalene-in-art-fallen-woman-or-redeemed-saint/
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