Emptiness

I distinctly remember Fr TD John sending out a Christmas greeting to all the Salesian communities, years ago on the theme of 'Emptiness'. He basically used the following text from Lao Tzu and connected it to Jesus' kenosis, showing how of all things great and noble, emptiness offers them all the possibility. 

THIRTY spokes converge upon a single hub; 

It is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. 

We make a vessel from a lump of clay; 

It is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. 

We make doors and windows for a room; 

But it is these empty spaces that make the room livable. 

Thus, while the tangible has advantages, 

It is the intangible that makes it useful.

[From Lao Tzu, chapter 11]