Listen to Me

…God loves a cheerful giver. (RB80.5.16)

“Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you.” (Henri Nouwen) We have all been baptized in the Spirit and received the breath of God breathing within us. This Spirit prays in us and listens in us to all who come to us with their joys and sorrows. This Spirit allows us to give our full attention to others and welcome them into our very being. This power of God’s spirit listening in us is a healing power. Those who are listened to start to feel accepted, start to take their words more seriously, and start to discover who they really are in the eyes of God.

The listener is truly “a cheerful giver.”

Sr.Veronica,OSB