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To Lose All, To Be Filled: James Finley and the Love That Empties Itself Out For Others (Lectio Divina)
What if the love God asks of you was never meant to be kept, only carried? James Finley’s reading of Merton names a strange exchange at the heart of the Christian life — that we are emptied out not as loss, but so we might be filled with something we could never have held…
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Standing Strong: Grace, Gratitude, and the Armor of God (Lectio Divina)
Drawing on the preface of The Cloud of Unknowing — a fourteenth-century anonymous English mystical text — this post explores the spiritual life as a daily practice of faith, hope, love, and gratitude in the face of subtle attack. Gratitude is not merely a feeling but an act of self-emptying love — and even…
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Already Loved: How God’s Infinite Love Calls Us to Love in Return (Lectio Divina)
What are we supposed to do with lives already held in God’s infinite love? Drawing on the contemplative wisdom of Jeanne Guyon, Thomas Merton, James Finley, and Henri Nouwen, this reflection explores the great commandment — to love God and neighbor — not as a means of earning grace, but as our free and…