Sunday, April 27, 2008

Seeing God in all Things

"Words can become idols, as believers have always known – even the word ‘God’. They are much more likely to be mistaken for the reality than a statue or a picture. “If one knows anything in God,” said Meister Eckhart, “and affixes any name to it, that is not God. God is above names.”

How then do we see God in all things? We search for God all our lives; but God is not lost. We are lost. God is always present, and when we become present God is present in that awareness. As long as we are present – to anything, even to a tree – we are present to God.

-- Donagh O’Shea OP


Thank you to Ellie at Does Not Wisdom Call?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I love this. What a beautiful reminder. Thank you.