"Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions. Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all men's actions." Sigmund Freud
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Seeking the Divine in our Humanity
“Self Portrait,” Leonardo daVinci, c. 1512
A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for. Martin Buber, February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965. Austrian-born Jewish Philosopher.
May we come in prayer this week, reaching for the depths of our humanity as we seek the heart of the divine. In so doing, may we come to know better ourselves at our most human finding within us the heart of the divine; for it is only in so doing that we can reach out to our sisters and brothers who come to us for care with the heart of our common humanity. Amen.
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