As often as I have been affected and inspired by the words of today’s gospel, I think I have never before realized the degree of courage that is required if we are to live in the “persistence” Jesus describes. One of the greatest dangers of what we can call religious belief is its tendency to shade into, if not outrightly become, magical thinking. As the Buddha taught, all life is suffering. As Freud reminded us, we must learn to bear with the harshness of reality. And, of course, these are unpleasant truths. And so, we can resort to a way…[read more]
Posted on September 6, 2017 by The Editor - Transformation
By Brother Raphael WanjalaThe future of our Congregation is not for us to invent—that remains the work of the divine plan of God—but we can, as one village, anticipate co-creatively with the help of the process of renewal and transformation.…[read more]
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