When we have to deal (Fr. Ron Rolheiser)

Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary,
your wife, into your home.

--Matthew 1:20

    God told Sarah and Abraham to set off to a land where you don’t know where you’re going. Real growth happens and real grace breaks in when we have to deal with what is other, foreign, different. What’s dark, unfamiliar, frightening, and uninvited will stretch us in ways that the familiar and secure cannot. 

--Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI,
Facebook, September 15, 2023

Image source: T’oros Roslin, Joseph’s Dream (Armenia, illumination, 1262), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_dreams#/media/File:T'oros_Roslin_-_Joseph's_Dream_-_Walters_W53917R_-_Detail_A.jpg