Contemplative in the Mud

It Was Not In Jest

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Benjamin Embley

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At the shrine of Mary Annai Velangkanni in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia

O Christ, Son of God, as I contemplate the great sufferings You endured for us on the Cross, I hear You say to my soul, “It is not in jest that I have loved you.” These words open my eyes, and I see clearly all that Your love has made You do for me. I see what You suffered. I see that You died. I see that it was of a profound, ineffable love.
Saint Angela of Foligno

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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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