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Solitude and Communion

Beware of the temptation to embrace one at the other's expense

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Carl McColman
Jun 29, 2025
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In an essay published in The Times and later reprinted in the book Prayer and Prophecy, Anglican theologian Kenneth Leech (1939-2015) writes:

Only through discovering our own essential solitude can we truly become a communion.

In the spiritual life, it’s easy to think we can see apparent oppositions: contemplation is opposed to action, images are opposed …

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