Missionary Renegade: The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "Claiming our Reconciliation" for Tuesday, 26 December 2017

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "Claiming our Reconciliation" for Tuesday, 26 December 2017

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "Claiming our Reconciliation" for Tuesday, 26 December 2017

DAILY MEDITATION: " Claiming our Reconciliation" for Tuesday 26
December 2017

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How do we work for reconciliation? First and foremost by claiming for ourselves that God through Christ has reconciled us to God. It is not enough to believe this with our heads. We have to let the truth of this reconciliation permeate every part of our beings. As long as we are not fully and thoroughly convinced that we have been reconciled with God, that we are forgiven, that we have received new hearts, new spirits, new eyes to see, and new ears to hear, we continue to create divisions among people because we expect from them a healing power they do not possess.
Only when we fully trust that we belong to God and can find in our relationship with God all that we need for our minds, hearts, and souls, can we be truly free in this world and be ministers of reconciliation. This is not easy; we readily fall back into self-doubt and self-rejection. We need to be constantly reminded through God's Word, the sacraments, and the love of our neighbours that we are indeed reconciled.

For further reflection...
"Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God." (2 Corinthians 7: 1 (NIV))

Your response...
What helps you let God's gift for you of reconciliation descend from your head, into your heart, and into your whole self?

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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.

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