Table of Contents. Foreword... Presentation... xvii Prelude... Introduction... xxiii. Part One Who is God? Contemplate God in his mystery

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1 Table of Contents Foreword... xv Presentation... xvii Prelude... xxi Introduction... xxiii Part One Who is God? Contemplate God in his mystery 1. I Seek His Face... 3 Who am I for you?... 5 A mystery to ponder A delightful science Adjusting to a name The divine manner of loving and acting First intervention Second intervention Third intervention Divine Logic or the kenosis mystery Divine logic, the logic of love 2. Beneath the gaze of love And God saw The gaze of a compassionate father The gaze of Jesus Not to be seen in order to see God has for us to allow ourselves to be seen 3. A Seductive Word And God said A fascinating word A word that connects

2 VI Contemplate the Gentleness of God The word is close by The Word come 4. Justice as Holiness Guide me into your Justice Human justice, divine justice Justice and relationship entwined Justice And Wisdom meet Justice and mercy embrace Experience of Mercy Do not let your hearts be troubled Justice according to human logic But God does not move Justice and we Just or folly of love Jesus the Just One Justice, way of holiness An audacious project 5. Love as a Fire In the beginning was the fire The burning bush The compassion of God Fire at the heart of the world Wood on fire Spread the fire as he did An exquisitely king fire Part Two Splendor kept hidden Contemplate the gentleness of Wisdom in eternity 6. God Beyond Everything The origin of all that exists What stuttering! Secrets revealed by the Son To be self in the other And may your fountain-head be blessed God is Father God is Son God is Spirit

3 Table of Contents VII 8. The Three at work God always works Prayer to the eternal Trinity Part Three Time of the Father Contemplate the gentleness of the Eternal Wisdom in the Creation 9. Gentleness in the creation of world Screening our acquaintances A language to interpret Revealing enigmas Father of the first dawn Inspired writings The time of a long desire The joy of the first night Creation, expression of joy Joy rises from gentleness 10. Gentleness in the Creation of the human being The human being, image of God Created for love Unavoidable interrogations In God s image The vision of God Breath of live, a gift to share Under the bark of symbols The beginning of an endless love A major incomprehension Mistake and sin Conscience as gift Gentleness drifting away Violence and evil 12. A People on a journey The story of Israel, my story The Bible, a history of faith The Bible, an Alliance story The Bible, a history of apprenticeship The Bible, a salvation history

4 VIII Contemplate the Gentleness of God Peace, to those far and near For ever, fear rides on I am with you Part Four Time of the Son Contemplate the gentleness of Wisdom in the Incarnation 13. We have seen his Glory Hoping constantly Mystery of a mutual desire The Mystery of time The Mystery of waiting The veil is lifted from the face of God Happy is the one who believed The human response to the divine request All is accomplished in shadows You will call him Jesus Life in an open heaven A time to learn A time to center one s life A time to walk The Unique The law of gentleness 14. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me On the roads of Palestine He walked by their side Unsettling encounters A new birth At noontime So where to they? He comes to stay A freedomdearlyacquired The night becomes a sheet of light The death of a friend 15. Dying of love The gentleness of the heart of God A story of gift and welcoming An incessant movement of love From words toactions Gentleness in action To have seen me is to have seen the Father

5 Table of Contents IX 16. Risen to Bless us The irrepressible life Continual begetting The Resurrection light The gift of Emmaus Cleopas and his companion And their eyes were opened The carter an Emmaus road Give me your hand From doubt to faith A universal experience Women, why are you weeping? Seek and you shell find Allowing oneself to be found Do you love me? The first morning of the world A question and an invitation throughout history The forty days Apprenticeships The departure Part Five The time of the Spirit Contemplate the gentleness of wisdom in the today of our time 17. The eternal Presence The gift the Spirit The Spirit in the heart of time An inexhaustible river The mission of the Spirit The Voiceless As the Father and the Son 18. The Church of Jesus Christ The Spirit and the Church The primitive community Assembled in one body Around the table Nourishing presence How to explain the inexplicable? The mystery of faith Life as liturgy The resurrection of the dead Eternal life

6 X Contemplate the Gentleness of God The mission of the Church The parable of the trailer The other face of the Church The Kingdom of God In becoming 19. These times which are the last ones The today of God Live in the interior of our time Dare to have confidence Choosing gentleness Walk in his presence The woman dressed of the Word Woman s words Finale Become what you are Bibliography