In recent weeks, much of this space has been devoted to the great inner “yes” that is revealed and strengthened through contemplative practice. However, we must be clear that a stance of yes to the Divine Presence in things as they are is not the same as approval of the status quo. Even a cursory look at the place and time in which we live makes it clear that much healing, much awakening, much transfiguring remains before the image of God imprinted on every person and over all creation fully realizes its divine likeness, before we can see “the full stature of Christ (Eph 4:13) in ourselves, in our brothers and sisters, and in the world. Our fundamental “yes” in contemplative practice is a yes to God’s creative power, to Christ’s healing Presence, and to the Holy Spirit’s movement all the time, everywhere, in everything and everyone, whether triumphant or tragic. We say yes to looking long enough to see the blazing heart of Christ in whatever lies before us, to hear the divine heartbeat, and in so doing we can recognize where that heart is rejoicing, and where it is being pierced. Only then, when we have surrendered and aligned to God’s own action in a circumstance, will we know when we must say “yes,” and when we must say “no.” There is most certainly a time to say no, but every “no” must arise out of a deeper “yes” to God.
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