Henri’s whole life was in many ways a restless search for his true home. He came the closest in his last 10 years in the L’Arche community in Toronto. Living with handicapped adults, his themes of peacemaking, community, ministry, and prayer became concrete and real.
Sep 21, 2020 · 4:27 PM UTC
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Before his death he visited me to deliver the ms for what turned out to be his final book, “Adam”--an expression of his personal creed thru the story of a particular handicapped man who had taught him what it means to be Beloved of God.
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10 yrs before, when I told him about my new job at Orbis he wondered whether I had the “human gifts” for this type of work. I was mystified. But he was right. I had a lot to learn. (See here my reflections.) americamagazine.org/issue/58…
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Before he died he wrote an over-the-top endorsement for my book “All Saints.” I then included him in the book. He is not the kind of “saint” who makes us want to be like him—but the restless seeker who opens a path to holiness for all who struggle amidst doubts and uncertainties.
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“Dear Lord, I will remain restless, tense and dissatisfied until I can be totally at peace in your house. There is no certainty that my life will be any easier in the years ahead, or that my heart will be any calmer. But there is the certainty that you are waiting for me ...
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