{"id":26100,"date":"2025-11-11T10:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=26100"},"modified":"2025-11-11T10:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:44:20","slug":"dear-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=26100","title":{"rendered":"Dear Friend,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) Lyric Video - Hillsong UNITED\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dy9nwe9_xzw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rohr&#8230;.&#8221;Recently, I\u2019ve found myself returning to one truth I\u2019ve learned through a lifetime of ministry, contemplation, and shadow work:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We cannot think our way into transformation. We must live ourselves into it \u2014 often weeping our way through it.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anger against the tragic absurdity of life is deserved and necessary, but if we do not transform our ange<\/strong>r, <strong>we will transmit it. I\u2019ve come to believe that tears hold the key to our deeper transformation. Tears<\/strong> <strong>are the sign of a soul beginning to surrender to love.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DM-Appeal-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"CAC event participants engage in contemplative practice\" class=\"wp-image-23392\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I\u2019ve seen this happen in so many lives: Women exhausted by holding the world together who finally give themselves permission to weep. Men on retreat who discover a profound sadness underneath their anger.<\/strong> Healers who let grief lead them to care instead of burnout. And in\u00a0<em>Daily Meditations<\/em>\u00a0readers like Kecia, who shared her story with us:\u00a0&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I grew up in an authoritative, spiritually abusive household and spent my childhood terrified of God. By <em>reading the&nbsp;<\/em>Daily Meditations<em>, CAC has brought Christianity back into my life. I saw the humanity of Jesus for the first time and the deep understanding that I\u2019m not separate or alone.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That\u2019s the kind of transformation we hope to make space for each day through these&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Daily Meditations<\/em><\/strong><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, we are discovering the transforming wisdom of a divine love spacious enough to hold our tears. The Center for Action and Contemplation is funded by people like you who give freely and joyfully to support it. We are deeply grateful for each and every one of you.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/support-cac\/daily-meditations\/?utm_source=web&amp;utm_medium=dm+appeal+richard+letter&amp;utm_campaign=dm+appeal+fall+2025&amp;utm_id=dm+appeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twice per year, we pause and ask for your financial support. If the CAC\u2019s work has been meaningful to you, including these Daily Meditations, please consider making a gift.<\/a>&nbsp;Every gift, no matter the amount, helps this movement of love, justice, and inner freedom continue to grow. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please read the letter below from CAC\u2019s Executive Director Michael Poffenberger about how you can support the conditions that make transformation possible. Tomorrow, the&nbsp;<em>Daily Meditations<\/em>&nbsp;will continue exploring the theme of \u201cSacramental Reality.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for taking this journey with us and for allowing us to be part of your life, your mornings, your tears, and your transformation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace and Every Good,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fr-richard-signature-2016-11-11-300x108.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscallingdailydevotional.com\/2019\/10\/jesus-calling-november-11.html\">Jesus Calling: November 11th, 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jesus Calling: November 11th<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not let any set of circumstances intimidate you. <strong>The more challenging your day, the more My Power I place at your disposal. You seem to think that I empower you equally each day, but this is not so. Your <\/strong>tendency upon awakening is to assess the difficulties ahead of you, measuring them against your average strength. This is an exercise in unreality.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>I know what each of your days will contain, and I empower you accordingly. The degree to which I strengthen you on a given day is based mainly on two variables: the difficulty of your circumstanc<\/strong>es, <strong>and your willingness to depend on Me for help. <\/strong>Try to view challenging days as opportunities to receive more of My Power than usual. Look to Me for all that you need, and watch to see what I will do. As your day, so shall your strength be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RELATED SCRIPTURE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Ephesians 1:18-20 (NIV)<\/u><\/strong><br><strong>18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,<\/strong><br>Additional insight regarding Ephesians 1:19,20: The world fears the power of the atom, yet we belong to the God of the universe, who not only created that atomic power but also raised Jesus Christ from the dead. God&#8217;s incomparably great power is available to help you. Personal knowledge of Christ will change your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional insight regarding Ephesians 1:20-22: Having been raised from the dead, Christ is now the head of the church, the ultimate authority over the world. Jesus is the Messiah, God&#8217;s anointed one, the one Israel longed for, the one who would set their broken world right. As Christians, we can be confident that God has won the final victory and is in control of everything. We need not fear any dictator or nation or even death or Satan himself. The contract has been signed and sealed; we are waiting just a short while for delivery. Paul says, in Romans 8:37-39, that nothing can separate us from God and his love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Psalm 105:4 (NLT)<\/u><\/strong><br><strong>4 Search for the Lord and for his strength;<\/strong><br><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; continually seek him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional insight regarding Psalm 105:4-5: If God seems far away, persist in your search for him. 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