Teilhard de Chardin―The Divine Milieu Explained Quotes

“The Franciscan Richard Rohr once observed that most people assume that Jesus, because of his prophetic message, was killed by evil men. However, said Rohr, those responsible for Jesus' death were not evil. They were the people of the establishment, protecting what they had established. They would have considered themselves good people, doing what was best for society.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“by analogy, we could say that the blind people on earth are not excluded from the beauty of earth but only from being able to see it as it truly is. So the damned are not excluded from heaven; they just can't see it for what it truly is.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“famous theologian once said that very few people, outside of the angels, had the clarity of consciousness and the freedom of will to be able to meet the moral conditions to commit a truly mortal sin.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“for Teilhard, as for St. Paul, there are three natures in Christ. Christ is fully human, fully divine, and fully cosmic.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“The divine milieu has been working at this task for billions of years, trying to get all of the beings that live in it, first, to realize they are meant to be one being, and then to get them to act consciously and lovingly as that one being.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“It is precisely because Christ is a center of light and love that he fills all of creation.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“All material creation is capable of being spiritualized for two reasons: first, because the Creator loved it and, second, because Christ entered it fully.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“Living is a matter of whose purpose I commit to.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“For Teilhard, our faith imposes on us both the right and the duty to commit ourselves to the pursuits of the earth that move things further and deeper into complexity and consciousness.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“Rather than worry about avoiding sin, Teilhard's spirituality asks you to focus your attention each day on what you can do for the Body of Christ.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“I am attempting to glean from Teilhard's personal experience reported in his books a consistent way of being a Christian today that satisfies the intellect as well as the spirit. Teilhard is the first in our time to attempt such a synthesis for himself.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

“The Divine Milieu is, at its core, an evolving love story told by a recipient of that love. Teilhard's spirituality teaches us how to recognize this loving divine design in evolution and to nurture it.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

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― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard De Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century