Our Place in the Body of Christ Silence allows us to get in touch with our sorrows so that we can enter them and unite them to the sorrows of Jesus. Then our sufferings are no longer obstacles in our path to God but actually become the path to union with Him. When Mary embraced her Son as in the Pieta, she embraced and received the brokenness of all of humanity.When we join her in this embrace of her Son, we, too, receive in our hearts the wounds of many souls,through Jesus, with Him, and in Him. In this way, we live the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in our ordinary lives. The Love Crucified Community. The Simple Path to Union with God (pp. 272-273). Kindle Edition. ++++++++++ The only way to grow in the universal love we are all called to is through silence and the prayer that flows from that discipline.It is the narrow way that Jesus talked about. The love of God, and to love all those we meet, can only happen through the wounding of our heart with the love of God To love one’s family, friends, and country is a beautiful experience, and this kind of love can work through many problems. We are called to extend that love to all and to pray for them. It is not easy, but to live a life of prayer and to allow silence to enter one’s heart is to invite the Infinite love of God into our hearts. In this healing, we learn to have compassion for all and to endure the pain that love produces. The death to self is the expansion of our inner vision through putting on the Mind of Christ.-Br.MD
To love one’s family, friends, and country is a beautiful experience, and this kind of love can work through many problems. We are called to extend that love to all and to pray for them. It is not easy, but to live a life of prayer and to allow silence to enter one’s heart is to invite the Infinite love of God into our hearts. In this healing, we learn to have compassion for all and to endure the pain that love produces. Thank you, Br. Mark. This one struck home, especially!
