“God’s words ‘You are my Beloved’”, wrote Henri Nouwen, the late Dutch priest, professor and theologian, “reveal the most intimate truth about all human beings, whether they belong to any particular religious tradition or not.
The ultimate spiritual temptation is to doubt this fundamental truth about ourselves and trust in alternative identities… I hope that you can hear these words as spoken to you with all the tenderness and force that love can hold.
My only desire is to make these words reverberate in every corner of your being, ‘You are the Beloved!’”
In a powerful recorded talk, he urges that the key task of our spiritual journey is to claim that truth and live a life based upon it. Listen to the talk at: www.newpilgrimpath.ie.