It's time...: Contentment

Nobody made it to Canterbury@ULM today except me! That's okay. Bound to happen occasionally! So... in the meantime, here's another Lenten message from the Brothers of St. John the Evangelist that is, indeed, quite relevant to our study of the prophets, and in particular the segment we will watch next week.

Question: Are you content right now?
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Transcript of Video:

One of the ancient words in the monastic vocabulary is contentment, which is incredibly counter-cultural. Contentment: from the Latin contentus, which means enough, it means sufficient. It’s the opposite of a kind of appetite of acquisition. But it’s rather saying: now is what is most important, not what is new but what is now. One of the downsides of this capacity we have to be virtually present all over the globe is distraction actually pulling us away from where we really are now. But the Psalm says, "Be still and know that I am God." And the Psalm says, "My boundaries enclose a pleasant land." Contentment is about staying where you are, looking at it more deeply and realizing with deep gratitude that this is enough, and for this I am thankful.

-Br. Curtis Almquist