Contemplation breaks us open to ourselves. The fruit of contemplation is self-knowledge, not self-justification. “The nearer we draw to God,” Abba Mateos said, “the more we see ourselves as sinners.” We see ourselves as we really are, and knowing ourselves, we cannot condemn the other. The whole world changes when we know ourselves. Broken ourselves, we bind tenderly the wounds of the other.
Joan Chittister, OSB
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