{"id":19668,"date":"2020-12-30T09:34:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T14:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=19668"},"modified":"2020-12-30T09:34:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T14:34:01","slug":"19668","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=19668","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Models\nof Integration<\/strong><br>\nWednesday, \u202fDecember 30,\n2020<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YihKbG8-X3U\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>Sister\nSimone Campbell, SSS is someone who truly lives out her commitment to the\ncontemplative path by her actions in the world. She has served as the executive\ndirector of NETWORK, the Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, since 2004. You may\nknow her as one of the Nuns on the Bus. Here\u2019s a glimpse of what powers her:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over\nthe past thirty-five years or more, it [my contemplative practice] has become\nthe foundation of who I am and impacts every aspect of my existence. Rather than\nbeing about hiding out in the chapel for hours on end, my contemplative\npractice has led me to an activism that is expansively grounded in compassion\nand care for others. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our\ncall to do our part is at the heart of the gospel message. We need to pitch in,\nlisten to others, and stay open to the Spirit. We are the ones who have been\nsent out. The gospel of love will not be experienced unless we live the deeply\ncontemplative truth that our prayer leads to community, which leads to action\nto heal this fractured world. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nis those whom we encounter and who break open our hearts who keep us faithful.\nTogether we know our existence as one vibrant organism created at every moment\nby the Divine. This is the source of a hope beyond our wildest understanding.\n[1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thomas Keating\n(1923\u20132018), whose teachings are foundational to our modern understanding of\ncontemplation in the Christian tradition, speaks of a similar movement from\ninner prayer to action on behalf of the world. He writes:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\npower of the stars is nothing compared to the energy of a person whose will has\nbeen freed . . . and who is thus enabled to co-create the cosmos together with\nGod. God\u2019s top priority is the creation of a world in which the goods of the\nearth are equitably distributed, where no one is forgotten or left out, and\nwhere no one can rest until everyone has enough to eat, the oppressed have been\nliberated, and justice and peace are the norm among the nations and religions\nof the world. Until then, even the joy of transforming union is incomplete. The\ncommitment to the spiritual journey is not a commitment to pure joy, but to\ntaking responsibility for the whole human family, its needs and destiny. We are\nnot our own; we belong to everyone else. [2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>My teachings have always emphasized\nthe middle ground\u2014the balanced need for both contemplation and action. Sister\nSimone and Father Thomas have operated primarily on opposite sides of the\nspectrum\u2014but I hope you can see how they ultimately come to the same\nconclusion! It is not a dualistic choice between contemplation and action, but\na natural outflowing of God\u2019s love in all directions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Models of Integration Wednesday, \u202fDecember 30, 2020 Sister Simone Campbell, SSS is someone who truly lives out her commitment to the contemplative path by her actions in the world. She has served as the executive director of NETWORK, the Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, since 2004. You may know her as one of the Nuns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19669,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19668\/revisions\/19669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}