“What is the spirituality we need for the 21st century? We face a choice: to retire from this fray into some marshmallow paradise where we can massage away the heat of the day, the questions of the time, the injustice of the age, and live like pious moles in the heart of a twisted world. Or, we can gather our strength - our spiritual strength - for the struggle it will take to wake up from this pious sleep.” WorldNeedsHeartAgeFacesSpiritualChoicesSpiritualitySleepStruggleCenturyWake UpInjusticeHeatParadiseRetiring21st CenturyTwistedPiousMassageFrayMolesMarshmallowSpiritual Strength Author:Joan D. Chittister
“The liturgical year is the year that sets out to attune the life of the Christian to the life of Jesus, the Christ. It proposes, year after year, to immerse us over and over again into the sense and substance of the Christian life until, eventually we become what we say we are - followers of Jesus all the way to the heart of God” WayYearsHeartChristianJesusChristChristian LifeSubstanceFollowersPropose Author:Joan D. Chittister
“A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.” HeartHardHumanityJudgingJudgmentCompassionate Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Contemplation is a very dangerous activity. It not only brings us face to face with God. It brings us, as well, face to face with the world, face to face with the self. And then, of course, something must be done. Nothing stays the same once we have found the God within…. We carry the world in our hearts: the oppression of all peoples, the suffering of our friends, the burdens of our enemies, the raping of the Earth, the hunger of the starving, the joy of every laughing child.” WorldWellsHeartChildrenSelfDoneEarthFacesJoySufferingCoursesFoundEnemyLaughingDangerousActivityHungerBurdenOppressionContemplationStarvingFace To Face Author:Joan D. Chittister
“It is precisely women’s experience of God that this world lacks. A world that does not nurture its weakest, does not know God the birthing mother. A world that does not preserve the planet, does not know God the creator. A world that does not honor the spirit of compassion, does not know God the spirit. God the lawgiver, God the judge, God the omnipotent being have consumed Western spirituality and, in the end, shriveled its heart.” KnowsWorldHeartDoeEndsSpiritMotherSpiritualityCompassionThis WorldPlanetsJudgingHonorWesternCreatorPreservesNurtureConsumedKnowing GodOmnipotentBirthing Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Hospitality means we take people into the space that is our lives and our minds and our hearts and our work and our efforts. Hospitality is the way we come out of ourselves. It is the first step towards dismantling the barriers of the world. Hospitality is the way we turn a prejudiced world around, one heart at a time.” PeopleWorldWayMindFirstsHeartMeanTurnsSpaceEffortStepsOur LivesBarriersFirst StepsHospitality Author:Joan D. Chittister
