Contemplative in the Mud

Peace in this Valley of Tears

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Benjamin Embley

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St Francis at Santa Cruz Church in Thonburi, Thailand

Yes, my God, I live in peace in this valley of tears, for such is Your holy will… “The good that I hope for,” says Saint Francis of Assisi, “is so great that every suffering becomes for me a joy.” Indeed, the highest degree of love that a soul can attain is an ardent desire for Heaven, to be there united to God and to possess Him forever.
Saint Alphonsus Liguori

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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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