The Heart of Matter: Waking up
Tuesday, March 15th
“This Lent we are called into a new consciousness of love. It is time to move beyond Plato’s cave, of returning to God with some type of detached spirit, and to wake up to the reality that we have cut God out of physical evolution and taken the reins of godly power into our own hands.”
—Ilia Delio, Lent: Poised for Action
“Esta Cuaresma estamos llamados a una nueva conciencia del amor. Es hora de ir más allá de la caverna de Platón, de retornar a Dios con cierto espíritu de desapego y despertar a la realidad de que hemos separado a Dios de la evolución física y de que las riendas del poder divino están en nuestras propias manos.”
—Ilia Delio, Lent: Poised for Action
Incarnational Practice: Waking Up
As we are about to enter our third week of Lent lets practice “waking up” and opening our eyes to something new: Waking up in the morning, waking up as we encounter friends and strangers, waking up as we approach something new and may be uncomfortable, waking up to what we see emerging around us, waking up to the constant presence of the divine in our physical interactions with others, with the world and with nature.
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What is being revealed? What is being moved? What is being asked?
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