Hope is to be found only in each
individual soul’s imitation of Christ
and in the ever deeper saturation of culture
with the authentic virtues of mercy,
charity, humility, and the non-exploitative,
non-competitive just treatment of all.
individual soul’s imitation of Christ
and in the ever deeper saturation of culture
with the authentic virtues of mercy,
charity, humility, and the non-exploitative,
non-competitive just treatment of all.
--Katy Carl
Solitude molds self-righteous people into gentle, caring, forgiving persons who are so deeply convinced of their own great sinfulness and so fully aware of God’s even greater mercy that their life itself becomes ministry. In such a ministry there is hardly any difference left between doing and being. When we are filled with God’s merciful presence, we can do nothing other than minister because our whole being witnesses to the light that has come into the darkness.
--Henri Nouwen
No comments:
Post a Comment