COMMENT St. Andrew 1

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: William W.  . . .
To: Fr Donald . . .
Sent: Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 5:58
Subject: Re: [Blog] 

Saint Andrew - reading from Eckhart

Dear Father Donald,

 

What a treasure you give on this feast for all followers of Christ!

 

Meister Eckhart's wonderful clarity of thought carries me to the band of disciples walking with Jesus after the call to follow him. Along the narrow path, those positioned in front of Him will have been excitedly reasoning with each other, carried forward in their zeal for the overthrow of their oppressors, misinterpretating the salvation that Jesus was bringing to their land: those beside Him will have been trying to reason with Him, arguing about the way they best judged for Him to bring salvation into the world; and those following quietly behind will have been reasoning within themselves, pondering in their heart the salvation that was promised, listening to Him.

 

I have read recently that the Cistercian desire for silence is in order to listen.

 

That has been a delight, thank you!

 

...  in Our Lord,

William