My new publisher’s letter features books by @Prof_Keller, Sister Annabel Laity, and Bro. David Steindl -Rast. Orbisbooks.com Learn about Mindfulness, the 99 Names of God, and the Apocalypse! 🧘🏽☪️🦅
“Bishops and other church leaders... would do well to listen, learn and consult actual experts — especially transgender persons — before condemning something they clearly do not understand. Otherwise, whole groups of people will continue to be oppressed and more people will die.
A robin flying into the kitchen door yesterday afternoon, repeated the same hopeless effort every few seconds, despite all efforts to deter him. He continued this for 4 straight hours until dark. And now at dawn he has resumed his quest with even greater persistence. Meaning?
Update: My wife finally opened the door and welcomed him in. The importunate creature stepped up and looked around, then turned and flew away. His work was done. “Knock and the door will be opened.”
“How can I find the wounds of Jesus today? I cannot see them as Thomas saw them. I find them in doing works of mercy, in giving to the body...of your injured brethren, for they are hungry, naked, humiliated, in prison, in hospital. These are the wounds of Jesus.”—Pope Francis
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ d. 4/10 1955. The day will come when, after harnessing the ether, the winds, the tides, and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”
Howard Thurman, preacher, theologian, mystic, d. 40 years ago on April 10 1981. “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” @OrbisBooks
During this pandemic year Pope Francis has offered a model of compassionate leadership--standing with the victims, addressing the underlying social inequities, and pointing to the need for widespread change. Fr. Orobator's new @OrbisBooks title, "The Pope and the Pandemic."