Contemplative in the Mud

The “Alas!” of Absence

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Benjamin Embley

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VanJesus, my loving friend, I wish to write to you, but I do not know what to write. I wish to speak to you, but I do not know what to say. I wish to listen to you, but I do not know what to listen to. I wish to remain in peace, but Love agitates me continually…Alas! When will I be able to see my Beloved face to face?
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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Benjamin Embley

With backgrounds in engineering (BSc PhD) and philosophy (MA), Ben has lived and worked in England, France, and Thailand and is now back home as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples in Canada. He is a Laudato Si’ Animator and currently studying an MTS Peace & Justice in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

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