Contemplative Worship Team - August 16, 2026
Emptying Fullness: The Beatitudes as Facets of the Divine - Week 7
"Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed." -Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Scripture References: Proverbs 3:17-18, Matthew 5:3-10, Proverbs 8:1-4, Proverbs 10:8-10
From Series: "Contemplative Worship"
Contemplative Worship with The Center for Christian Spirituality in Houston, Texas. A ministry of Chapelwood United Methodist Church
