Adventure #1 - Sacramentality | Week 2
A Holy Mountain, Full of Grace
Dr. Terry Nelson-Johnson
Leonardo Boff of the Order of Friars Minor, a brilliant theologian from Brazil known for his work in liberation theology, dedicates his extraordinary little book “Sacraments of Life: Life of the Sacraments” in the following fashion:
“I dedicate this little book to the mountain that ever visits my window. Sometimes the sun sears it. Sometimes the sun caresses it. Often the rain scourges it. Now and then the snow gently envelopes it. I have never heard the mountain complain about the heat or the cold. It has never charged anything for its majestic beauty. It has never even asked for thanks. It simply gives of itself free of charge. It is no less majestic when the sun caresses it than when the wind lashes it. It does not care or get upset if people scrutinize it or climb it. The mountain is like God. It supports everything, endures everything, welcomes and shelters everything. God behaves in the same way. That is why the mountain is a sacrament of God: revealing, reminding, pointing to... “
In the spirit of, and fueled by, the wisdom and insight of Br. Boff, let’s rediscover those holy mediators of grace in our lives. Those Gifts in our lives that reveal and remind and point to those sacraments of God.