Some deep thoughts about forgiveness from Father Thomas Keating

"Vulnerability means to be hurt over and over again without seeking to love less, but more. Divine love is sheer vulnerability--sheer openness to giving.  Being vulnerable means loving one another as Christ loved us.  If we did not have to forgive people, we would have no way of manifesting God's forgiveness toward us.  We pass on the mercy we ourselves have received. The best way to receive divine love is to give it away, and the more we pass it on, the more we increase our capacity to receive."  Father Thomas Keating

Feather Woman Falls near Sperry Chalet

Hells Canyon and the Seven Devils Mts

Seeking and Longing

"Lord, let us seek you in longing, and long for you in seeking; let us find you in love and love you in finding, O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen" Ambrose of Milan, c 333

And may we seek You and pray to You in weakness, so that you can be our strength alone.