“Who am I?” The late Henri Nouwen, theologian and bestselling spiritual writer, believed that, for most of us, our response will be linked to what we have, or what we do, or what others say about us.
By allowing our self-worth to be determined by external factors over which we have no control, we are often led to a sense of worthlessness and despair.
“Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the ‘Beloved.’ Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.”
“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 an electrifying 18 minute homily from 1992, he urges that the key task of our spiritual journey is to claim that truth and live a life based upon it.
Access his powerful 1992 homily at: www.newpilgrimpath.ie.