Contemplative in the Mud

Deep Calls on Deep

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Benjamin Embley

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ElisabethOne abyss calls upon another. It is there, my God, at the bottom that I shall meet You: the abyss of my poverty, of my nothingness, will be confronted with the abyss of Your mercy, the immensity of Your All. There I will find strength to die to myself and, losing every trace of self, I shall be changed into love.
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)

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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 “Deep Calls on Deep”

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    sandyfaithking

    How lovely! I quoted from Psalm 42 only yesterday. I love it when God speaks the same message through different voices :-) I’m going to print this one off.

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      Ben (เบ็น)

      I think there are so many (legitimate) ways to interpret ‘deep calls on deep’ — but this is certainly a favourite.

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