Miscellaneous

Today?s Daily Mediation from the Henri Nouwen Society:

One of the greatest dangers in the spiritual life is self-rejection. When we say, ?If people really knew me, they wouldn?t love me,? we choose the road toward darkness. Often we are made to believe that self-deprecation is a virtue, called humility. But humility is in reality the opposite of self-deprecation. It is the grateful recognition that we are precious in God?s eyes and that all we are is pure gift. To grow beyond self-rejection we must have the courage to listen to the voice calling us God?s beloved sons and daughters, and the determination always to live our lives according to this truth.