To
practice meditation as an act of faith is to open ourselves to the endlessly
reassuring realization that our very being and the very being of everyone and
everything around us is the generosity of God. God is creating
us in the present moment, loving us into being, such that our very presence is
the manifested presence of God. We meditate that we might awaken to this
unitive mystery, not just in meditation, but in every moment of our lives.
This
is how Jesus lived. Whether he gazed at a child on his lap or a leper wanting
to be healed; whether he looked at a prostitute or his own mother; whether he
witnessed the joy of a wedding feast or the sorrow of loved ones weeping at the
burial of a loved one; whether he observed his own disciples or his
executioners—Jesus saw God. We meditate that we might learn, with God’s grace,
to see God in all that we see. – Richard Rohr
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