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July 3 - September 29, 2019
God created us to do that.
Those who would speak the truth of the storm from inside the center of it cannot expect to live without being tossed around by winds.
Prophets speak to reform the institution. It is a collision course of the heart.
So why do it?
Because we must.
“Mystical language,”
“expresses the gratuitousness of God’s love;
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One without the other is simply impossible; one without the other is embarrassingly incomplete.
It is a desolate time, often friendless, always fraught with tension.
a heart darkened by the cost of telling the truth.
four elements cry out for attention.
a strong spiritual life,
good fr...
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distance from th...
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Only immersion in God suffices for the strain of rejection.
good friends,
open, loving, caring, strong,
Friends
they talk to us and with us and for us.
keep us grounded in reality.
They give us the space to rethink it all, to ask ourselves again what life demands of us, what morality demands of us, what courage demands of us.
separation is just as much a balm as people.
distance from the issue—places
Beyond this moment lies the rest of what it is to be fully human.
the rest of it is made for singing alleluia, not groaning.
laug...
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Nothing ever stays the same after the prophetic soul rises up and says her truth.
Mother Maria Skobtsova,
wrote, “I am your message, God. Throw me like a blazing torch into the night, that all may see and understand.”
What is it that is really real?
A prophetic act aligns the world with the Will of God—even
struggle between the Word of God and the hypocrisy of those who pretend to be just—but
has been the basis of popular protest for centuries.
the prophetic act is designed to return the people to consciousness of the law of God.
prophetic act is always done for the good of others:
The calls to the human community about trees and oceans and pollution and rape and human trafficking, both adult and child, have come from a tsunami of modern prophets.
The prophet always seeks the greater good, the Will of God, and the protection of the people.
prophet is loud, clear, and nonviolent.
suffer loss of social status and an increase of personal rejection,
the prophet is not impetuous, not a rabble-rouser, not emotionally overwrought or psychologically unbalanced.
The prophet is a living example of the spiritual life with a purpose as large as the life around it.
What message do people get from us?
prophetic spirituality is rife with criticism and conflict.
Change begins with the first clamor of discontent and disapproval. After that, the subject can never be suppressed again. The silence is over. All the attempts at innocence are over.
the melding of differences is of the essence of community building.
Patience says to stay the course.
