In preparation for this talk, besides praying and reading everything I could, I talked with people. I chose to do this in imitation of Ignatius, because that is something about his life that has intrigued me lately. Everyone who knows anything about Ignatius' life is aware that he grew up at court, where he learned the manners of a courtly gentleman. Among the teachings that he imbibed woe the habits of listening attentively and of speaking deliberately. Later, engaging people in spiritual conversations, as he was wont to do, I believe he used these skills of listening attentively and speaking deliberately to draw out of people what was really going on in their lives, and gently leading them to encounter Jesus in new and more intimate ways.
Nothing is fixed and finished, but is always changing.
We live in an ever-expanding universe. We have come to see creation as holy. No longer do we have dualism between the sacred and the secular. Everything in creation is an expression of God We realize that all matter is energy. All creation shares the same energy this original, cosmic energy had to come from God.