God is never late.
God is rarely early.
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The Gift of God’s Presence
I’m still basking in the glow of Pentecost Sunday, where we celebrated the descent of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church. Awe and wonder, which by the way is a gift of the Spirit, fill my heart and stoke the fire of love for God.
Continue reading “The Gift of God’s Presence”Divine Guidance
Edith Stein once said the limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. Our exterior lives reflect the interior. Do you reflect the guiding hand of the Spirit?
Continue reading “Divine Guidance”New Life Starts Now
Today is Fig Monday arising from St. Mark’s observation that, on the day after Palm Sunday, Christ cursed a fruitless fig tree. It’s an odd story and yet it fits in with the shape of the liturgical year.
Continue reading “New Life Starts Now”Uncommon Behavior
It happens. Somebody speaks to me in a cutting tone.
So I want to cut right back. That’s the way life is.
But who says it has to be this way?
Continue reading “Uncommon Behavior”Series of Moments
Our life is made up of a series of moments, each of them, unique, and none of which will ever come again.
Continue reading “Series of Moments”Discernment of Spirit
The gospel always invites us to a deeper level. In the parable of the fig tree the owner cursed because it bore no fruit (Luke 13:1-9). On a deeper level, we might notice that the Lord expects us to bear spiritual fruit.
Continue reading “Discernment of Spirit”Our Yes
Fidelity to the Lord is measured not in the number or supposed grandeur of our deeds but in the conformity of our will to his. The grace of Mary is the grace to be bearer and handmaid of the Lord unto the end—and not according to a limited service contract of our own bargaining.
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I recently came across the concept of the cosmic egg and have been contemplating this idea. This concept is a great visual of the transformation Christ is drawing us into. It is the path of the mystic or someone in a personal, intimate relationship with the divine. The person who lives within the total cosmic egg is the mystic, the prophet, the universal human, the saint, the whole one living in Christ.
True transcendence frees us from the tyranny of I am, the idolatry of we are, and the scapegoating of they are. When all four stories are taken seriously, as the Bible shows us very well, we have a full life—fully human and fully divine. – Richard Rohr
This path is what is meant by “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” The path of discipleship is the path of self-sacrificing love, and that means the path of suffering.
And the great paradox: “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the Gospel will save it.” Put that over on your screensaver. There is no better one-line guide to the happy life.
Made for Freedom
We are made for freedom. God’s omnipotence and omniscience respects our right to choose. In the core of our being we remain free to accept or reject God’s action in our lives—and to accept or reject it more or less intensely. God wants us to accept him with all our ‘heart, soul, mind, and strength’—in other words, as intensely as possible.
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Smitten With Goodness 