Eckhart: outward and visible signs

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
    Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862
    Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274

Meditation:
    [Jesus:] “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.”
    —Luke 6:43-45 (NIV)

Quotation:
    Outward as well as inward morality helps to form the idea of a true Christian freedom. We are right to lay stress on inwardness, but in this world there is no inwardness without an outward expression.
    ... Meister Eckhart (1260?-1327?), Meister Eckhart's Sermons, Cosimo, Inc., 2007, p. 56 (see the book)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, purge me of evil, that my life may bear fruit pleasing to You.

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