Anthony de Mello on How to Love - Part 3 of 3

The Final video of the only conference Father Anthony de Mello SJ allowed to be video taped. In this last of the series he breaks open our ideas of love and true charity vs. refined self-interest that often masquerades as selfless love.

Within his talk the words of Christ can again be heard;

" ‘Beware of practising your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. ‘So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you." Matthew 6:1-4

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Anthony de Mello on Prayer and Waking Up to Reality - Part 2

Part two in a three-part series of the only conference Father Anthony de Mello SJ allowed to be video taped. He continues his examination of this idea of coming to awareness of the goodness God places in our lives right here an right now, a goodness and grace that continues to abide regardless of what current physical or emotional state happens to be passing through us.

While not explicit in his examination, the words of Jesus' sermon on the mount are echoed;

" ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

‘So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today." Matthew 6:25-34

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Anthony de Mello on Prayer and Waking Up to Reality - Part 1

The Late Anthony de Mello SJ was a renowned spiritual writer, director, and therapist whose work continues to inspire people with new vision and renewed understanding of the kind of reality God invites us all to share. He speaks of the kind if Truth-filled vision required to fully appreciate this kingdom of God which Jesus assures us is 'at hand' and has indeed 'come near'.

The question of course is "If this kingdom is so close, why can't I see it? Why am I still unhappy, unsatisfied, depressed or angry? If the kingdom is in our midst, why does there remain so much suffering in my life and the world around me?"

In a three-part series filled with deep spiritual and therapeutic insight as well as thought-provoking and entertaining storytelling, de Mello offers a simple, yet extremely challenging answer to these questions. The answer to perceiving and living in the kingdom "on earth as it is in heaven"? Wake up...

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