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Grazie Signore! “Thank you, Lord, for those who have greater gifts.”

Anita Mathias — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:14:18 +0000

In his excellent The Ragamuffin Gospel, Brennan Manning mentions the limited Antonio Salieri, court composer to the Holy Roman Emperor, who was conscientious, devout, and wildly jealous of the wildly gifted Mozart who–neither conscientious, nor devout–tossed off sublime music in the interludes of a life of “wine, women and song, and he didn’t sing much.” […]

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A Revelation of Divine Love Changes the Deep Structure of our Being

Anita Mathias — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:12:35 +0000

The longest distance in the world is the eighteen inches from the head to the heart. Until our personal revelation of the love of God, we limp as Christians, impelled by duty, not desire, not love. But we really, really change in the deep structure of our being, when we realize what Karl Barth described as the […]

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The Root of Peace (from Brennan Manning’s “Ragamuffin Gospel”)

Anita Mathias — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:19:30 +0000

Philosopher Jacques Maritain once said that the culmination of knowledge is not conceptual but experiential: I feel God. Such is the promise of the Scriptures: Be still and know (experience) that I am God. My own journey bears witness to that. I mean simply that a living, loving God can and does make his presence […]

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Brennan Manning on Grace (from The Ragamuffin Gospel)

Anita Mathias — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:18:00 +0000

An excerpt from Brennan Manning’s The Ragamuffin Gospel. Paul Tillich in The Shaking of the Foundations writes: Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness. It strikes us when we walk through the dark valley of a meaningless and empty life… It strikes us when, year after year, the longed-for perfection does not appear, […]

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Inspiration from Brennan Manning’s “The Ragamuffin Gospel”

Anita Mathias — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Brennan Manning I am listening to Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel on my iPod as I walk (on the hottest days of the year to date). And I experience grace. I allowed myself to become overweight through 3 decades of being sedentary, and eating carelessly and unthinkingly. And I get to listen to amazing stuff—the Bible, Blue […]

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