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“Vigilance is holding in tension two dramatically different outcomes—one of life and one of death—knowing there is nothing you can do to control which way the story tilts….
Morning will break. The alleluias will be returned to us, but make no mistake: The here and now can be a hellscape, strewn over with the shrapnel of broken alleluias. But perhaps this is the strange gift of Holy Saturday: This longest night might become the place where our shattered hopes, how-could-you cries, and spiral-out fears find an honest home. And for all our high vigilance and wounded waiting, we might take to heart to know God is with us even in the hellscape”
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Morning will break. The alleluias will be returned to us, but make no mistake: The here and now can be a hellscape, strewn over with the shrapnel of broken alleluias. But perhaps this is the strange gift of Holy Saturday: This longest night might become the place where our shattered hopes, how-could-you cries, and spiral-out fears find an honest home. And for all our high vigilance and wounded waiting, we might take to heart to know God is with us even in the hellscape”
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“It’s in falling down that we learn almost everything that matters spiritually.”
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“Spiritual writing has a very important place in spiritual formation ... Why am I so afraid? ... Sometimes I am overwhelmed by the countless books and articles that already have been written and I cannot imagine that I have anything to say that hasn't already been said better by someone else ... Writing is a process in which we discover what lives in us ... To write is to embark on a journey of which we do not know the final destination. Thus, writing requires a great act of trust ... Writing is like giving away the few loves and fish we have, trusting that they will multiply in the giving. Once we dare to 'give away' on paper the few thoughts that come to us, we start discovering how much is hidden underneath these thoughts and thus we gradually come in touch with our own riches and resources.”
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“Only thoughts which come from walking have any value.”
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“Ask yourself regularly, “What am I afraid of? Does it matter? Will it matter in the great scheme of things? Is it worth holding on to?” We have to ask whether it is fear that keeps us from loving. Grace will lead us into such fears and emptiness, and grace alone can fill them, if we are willing to stay in the void. We mustn’t engineer an answer too quickly. We mustn’t get settled too fast. We all want to manufacture an answer to take away our anxiety and settle the dust. To stay in God’s hands, to trust, means that we usually have to let go of our attachments to feelings—which are going to pass away anyway. People of deep faith develop a high tolerance for ambiguity and come to recognize that it is only the small self that needs certitude or perfect order all the time. The true self is perfectly at home in the River of Mystery”
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JMRZ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at JMRZ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
10,058 books
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287 friends
821 books
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50 friends
382 books
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91 friends
771 books
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24 friends
1,060 books
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92 friends
230 books
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72 friends
1,005 books
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89 friends
43 books
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4 friends
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