#RabbiHeschel: The Biblical answer to #evil is not the #good but the #holy ...Living in ‘the light of the face of God’ bestows on humans a power of #love that enables them to overcome the powers of evil." https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2025/04/14/rabbi-heschel-hildegard-of-bingen-on-dark-nights-holiness/

#Aquinas: We are to “brave great dangers for great things, e.g. the common welfare, #justice, divine worship." Jeremiah: “The Lord is with me like a brave #warrior.” #RabbiHeschel talks about the "urgency of justice” & how “to do justice is what God demands of every person." https://bit.ly/4k240xm

#RabbiHeschel: “Forfeit the sense of #awe & the #universe becomes a #marketplace for you.” #ThomasBerry spoke of the same reality when he said that using the Earth as an object to be bought, sold & abused will destroy it & us. #SacredEarth #CommunityOfSubjectsNotCollectionOfObjects https://bit.ly/40lYRbG

#OttoRank: “the epitome of the irrational is the marvel of creation itself.” #RabbiHeschel reminds us “awe is the beginning of wisdom.” The #rational gives us #knowledge, and that is important; but wonder leads to #wisdom. https://bit.ly/3YZJ7Jw