Monday, March 06, 2017

Steinmann: the civilized desert

Monday, March 6, 2017
Meditation:
    [Jesus:] “Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”
    —Matthew 5:15-16 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Nothing could better illustrate this authentic spirit of Christian monasticism, stemming from Johannite monasticism, than one of its most recent examples, Father de Foucauld. If he went out to the Ahaggar plateau, it was not only to find but also to proclaim God, thereby teaching the gospel in a way which desert people could understand. After his death, the example set by this hermit was followed by others who, far from settling in the desert places of the Sahara, set out to mingle with the peopled deserts of the great cities, there to preach the gospel by their example and their very presence.
    ... Jean Steinmann (1911-1963), Saint John the Baptist, New York: Harper, 1958, p. 164 (see the book)
    See also Matt. 5:15-16; Pr. 4:18; Isa. 45:14; Zech. 8:23; Acts 17:22-23; Gal. 1:21-24; Phil. 2:14-16; 1 Pet. 2:12
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, are there people around me who need to be shown who God is?
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