Contemplative in the Mud

Suffering for Love of Jesus and Neighbours

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Benjamin Embley

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VanDuring the days that I pass on earth, I find no joy comparable to that of having to suffer. Even though, naturally, I am afraid of suffering, I accept it with joy for love of Jesus… It is in walking in the midst of thorns that we can understand the Love of Jesus for us and to prove our love for other souls.
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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    sandyfaithking

    Reblogged this on multicolouredsmartypants and commented:
    Wow. “‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me… For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Cor 12:9,10)

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      Ben (เบ็น)

      This is one of little Van’s favourite themes. In my opinion as an immigrant to Asia, it’s possibly one of the most (East/Southeast) Asian ways of expressing the heart of the Gospel, too.

      This post might explain a bit more: https://contemplativeinthemud.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/changing-sadness-into-joy/

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    olgatodd

    Thank you for sharing!
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