Contemplative in the Mud

A Silent Explosion of Love and its Response

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Benjamin Embley

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At the Shrine of Mary (Annai Velangkanni) in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia

Each Mass is, by means of the Cross of Christ, a great blessing, a silent explosion of love, a grand descent of God into the world in order to prevent it from perishing and to prevent evil from completely prevailing over the good. And in return, each Mass provokes, in a hidden part of the world, a response of love, which, by means of the Cross of Christ, ascends back up to God.
Charles Cardinal Journet (1891–1975)

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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.

2 responses to “A Silent Explosion of Love and its Response”

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    Ann Chapin

    Are we aware of what we are watching happening during Mass I wonder…

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    Relax

    Amen.

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