The L'Arche Canada of Richmond Hills, Ontario, Canada - Jean Vanier - Daily Thought - Thursday, 12 October 2017 "Brokenness (Good Friday)"

The L'Arche Canada of Richmond Hills, Ontario, Canada - Jean Vanier - Daily Thought - Thursday, 12 October 2017 "Brokenness (Good Friday)"
Your brokenness reminds me
of my own brokenness
of my own wounds
of my own violence ...
Your hands outstretched towards me...
I am afraid to touch them...
they may drag me down, down, down into some unknown brokenness within me...
May this Good Friday bring an experience of grace to all who mark it.
For our Jewish friends, this evening is the beginning of Passover, a celebration of liberation. Chag Somach! -ed. (Jean Vanier, Tears of Silence, 2014, page 20., L'Arche Canada | L'Arche Canada Foundation | Jean Vanier Online)
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