Little Gifts

11:41 PM by Christi Bowman

"I say to you: Blessed is he who exposes himself to an existence never brought under mastery; who does not transcend but rather abandons himself to my ever transcending grace. Blessed are not the enlightened who's every question has been answered and who are delighted with their own sublime insight; the mature and ripe ones who's one remaining action is to fall from the tree. Blessed rather are the chaste, the harassed who must daily stand before my enigmas and cannot solve them. Blessed are the poor in spirit - those who lack a spirit of cleverness. Whoa to the rich and whoa to the doubly rich in spirit, although nothing is impossible with God, it is difficult for the Spirit to move their fat hearts. The poor are willing and easy to direct; like little puppies they do not take their eyes from the Master's hand to see if perhaps He may throw them a little morsel from His plate. So carefully do the poor follow my promptings that they listen to the wind which blows where it pleases even when it changes. From the sky they can read the weather and interpret the signs of the times. My grace is unpretentious, but the poor are satisfied with little gifts."
~ Hans Urs von Balthasar ~

Labels: Brennan Manning, Furious Longing of God, Hans Urs von Balthasar

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