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Advent Book Club 2017: Unearthly Beauty by Magdalen Smith. Day 4: Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier: co-founder of the Jesuits. Francis Xavier: a man who lived in simplicity and risked his life to take the gospel to other lands where it had never before been shared. Francis Xavier: a man who, frustrated by the … Continue reading
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Advent Book Club 2017: Unearthly Beauty by Magdalen Smith Day 3: Charles de Foucauld
The contemplative in action. Contemplative because his life was grounded in silent prayerful adoration of the Other (simply gazing in his mind’s eye on the Other), the Being who gives us all being, the I AM. In action because, rooted … Continue reading
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Advent Book Club 2017: Unearthly Beauty by Magdalen Smith Day 2: Andrew
She lost me when she said that being a disciple of John the Baptist was perhaps a hint of spiritual discipline already woven into Andrew’s life. Historically my understanding is that John the Baptist was a radical revolutionary attempting to … Continue reading
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