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Eugene Kennedy is an award-winning author, syndicated columnist, and professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University of America. For this former priest, the events of September 11, 2001, are laced with sacramental mystery.
At the core of Kennedy's spiritual reading of September 11 is his reverence for the spiritual practice of mystery: "We cannot 'deal with' this event. We can only respond to it, and that requires us to enter this mystery of loss." This shattering tragedy brought to the center of our consciousness the sacredness of every moment of life and the deep and fulfilling ways we are connected to other
Eugene Kennedy is an award-winning author, syndicated columnist, and professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University of America. For this former priest, the events of September 11, 2001, are laced with sacramental mystery.
At the core of Kennedy's spiritual reading of September 11 is his reverence for the spiritual practice of mystery: "We cannot 'deal with' this event. We can only respond to it, and that requires us to enter this mystery of loss." This shattering tragedy brought to the center of our consciousness the sacredness of every moment of life and the deep and fulfilling ways we are connected to other people. In the most beautiful sentence in the book, Kennedy writes: "Our vocation is to see that no one suffers alone, that no pain goes unnoticed, and none is without meaning."
This is the blessing that has come out of September 11 for all those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. We are called to a high and holy vocation for the duration of our lives in the twenty-first century: to ensure that no one suffers in isolation, that no pain is unheeded, and that none is without meaning.
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Manufacturer: Orbis Books
Release date: 17 August 2002
ISBN-10 : 1570754454 |
ISBN-13: 9781570754456
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