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“When we honestly look at the suffering of the world, reality will not allow us to become blind optimists. When we honestly look at the unrelenting love of God expressed in ordinary people, reality will not allow us to become cynical pessimists.”
“It is not our job to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, and be born again, drawing up from the great roots.” -Robert Bly
Dorian and David discuss themes in the Advent season to form a spirituality out of uncertainty and the spirit of waiting.
“On that day when you feel yourself lost; and night is falling fast and frigid: May you lose yourself in God; and may God be found in you.”
Repentance is not an end in and of itself for the sake of moral excellence (which only leads to a pious superiority). Rather, repentance is the removal of distractions that keep us from perceiving the presence of God within us and all around us. It is a preparation to see God in a whole new light and in the new reality.
