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Does Catholicism have a notion of "the God in me"?

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While being interviewed on the NPR radio show "On Being," lobbyist, lawyer, and nun Sister Simone Campbell said of developing compassion for her political opponents ([at around 31:30](http://www.onbeing.org/program/simone-campbell-how-to-be-spiritually-bold/7654/audio?embed=1)) , >A few years ago on retreat, my retreat director did push me to realize that I have a list that, of folks that I call 'mistakes of God' and, you know, [jokingly] people that should have been voted off the island, it was God on an off day, [the audience laughs and she continues in a serious tone] but you know what? I came to realize that _if I was at odds with the God in them, then I'm at odds with the God in me_. This last statement struck me as something a Buddhist or Hindu practitioner would say, not a Catholic. Do any Catholic doctrines or Traditional teachings explain a Catholic notion of _the God in you_ and _the God in me_, where recognition of the divine aspect of or in another person demands or motivates compassion?
Asked by Andrew (8195 rep)
Jun 15, 2015, 04:49 AM
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