The Archbishop of Canterbury's address to the Synod of Bishops in Rome
Archbishop's address in Rome
Carol Penn offers this quotation from Rowan Williams' address in October:
“… contemplation is very far from being just one kind of thing that
Christians do: it is the key to prayer, liturgy, art and ethics, the
key to the essence of a renewed humanity that is capable of seeing the
world and other subjects in the world with freedom – freedom from
self-oriented, acquisitive habits and the distorted understanding that
comes from them. To put it boldly, contemplation is the only ultimate
answer to the unreal and insane world that our financial systems and our
advertising culture and our chaotic and unexamined emotions encourage
us to inhabit. To learn contemplative practice is to learn what we need
so as to live truthfully and honestly and lovingly. It is a deeply
revolutionary matter.”
The link above gives a longer quotation as well as the full text.
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