Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
04079 – Being Alone
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Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
As we mark ourselves with these ashes, we remind ourselves that no grief is solitary; that what has stricken you is also carried by me. We begin our Lenten journey together, reminding one another that we are those whose flesh grows back. We are those who remain. It is...
Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, or by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find...