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Surrender to God
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Jun
A priest finds unexpected serenity in the city
Spiritual growth requires accepting the unexpected.
For years I’ve had the word gelassenheit (literally: “serenity”) framed on my wall.
In college, I studied existentialism and phenomenology and came across the writings of Martin Heidegger, who writes about gelassenheit, an image he takes from the writing of Meister Eckhart. Simply put, the term refers to the act of surrendering. For me, the word is a reminder of my journey: where I came from and where I am now.