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The Blog of Mercy by the Sea
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Love Bending Low
As I reflect on Christmas and Incarnation this year, I am struck by the words of Ilia Delio, OSF, author and Catholic theologian at Villanova University. In her book, Mercy and the Humility of God, she describes a God who is “absurdly close” to us, who bends low to embrace us and all of creation and asks us to do the same.
Love Can Show the Way
After a year of divisive campaign rhetoric followed by an unexpected election result, protests, harassment and fear in the hearts of many, these words come to mind.