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Minute Meditation – Undressing of the Heart

When Francis stripped himself naked at Santa Maria Maggiore, he was reaching for the heart of God. The undressing of his body was merely a symbolic gesture of the undressing of his heart. Most or all of us will never have reason to do what Francis did. Perhaps, though, we can hear in this holy place the call to have the courage to undress our hearts with another and to deepen that grand mystery of intimacy that leads us into the tender heart of God and the wonder of life with him.

—from the book In the Footsteps of Francis and Clare
by Roch Niemier, OFM

//Franciscan Media//

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Dynamic Catholic Presents – The Seven Levels of Intimacy

“The seven levels of intimacy is a model designed to provide insight into the ways we relate with different people. If your relationship with your friendly barista is confined to the first three levels of intimacy, that’s fine. But if your marriage is confined to the first three levels, you’ve got a problem.

The seven levels of intimacy are:
1. Cliches
2. Facts
3. Opinions
4. Hopes and Dreams
5. Feelings
6. Fears, Faults, and Failures, and
7. Legitimate Needs

Intimacy is the one thing a person cannot live happily without. We can live happily without new cars, designer clothes, dream homes, exotic vacations—but we cannot live happily without intimacy. You can survive without intimacy, but you cannot thrive without it.

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Daily Message from Pope Francis – We Can Tell Him Everything


THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021

“It might make us more comfortable to have a God who stays in heaven without getting involved in our life, while we can manage matters here on earth. Instead, God became man to enter into the concrete reality of this world… And He is interested in every aspect of our life. We can tell him about what we are feeling, our work, our day, our heartache, our anguish, so many things. We can tell Him everything because Jesus wants this intimacy with us. What does he not want?… To be overlooked and set aside, or called on only when we need him.” Pope Francis