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Where Fear Has No Home: Teresa of Ávila and the Dwelling Place of Love (Lectio Divina)
What would it take to stop guarding yourself entirely — even against the people who have hurt you? Teresa of Ávila describes a soul so transparent to love that grudges simply have nowhere left to take root. This reflection sits with what that kind of undefended life might actually ask of us.
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Not the Final Word: On Suffering, Brokenness, and Grace (Lectio Divina)
Some days — some weeks, months, and years — we are going to be beaten down by the world’s brokenness. Suffering is real, brokenness is real, and the pain we carry can feel like our ultimate reality. And yet, in silence and stillness, something more real than our suffering is revealed. Drawing on St.…