Contemplative in the Mud

A Fire that Cleanses to Make Us Endure

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Benjamin Embley

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EdithIn the agonies of the night of the spirit the imperfections of the soul are set aglow just as wood is freed from all moisture, in order then for itself to be enkindled in the radiance of the fire. The fire that first made the soul glow and then set her aflame is love… It is an infused love and expresses itself more in endurance than in [any particular] action.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

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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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