We live in a world where success is often judged by worldly possessions and riches. Once our greediness gets a taste, we usually want more and more and are rarely satisfied. Our culture is addicted to comfort, distraction: bigger, better, faster. We are drawn to the sensational. We get a jolt, a buzz, it’s something to make us feel, to wake up and feel alive.
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What do you desire?
This is a question that we need to ask ourselves often. Do we desire things that are drawing us towards God and his goodness or are we being distracted and drawn away from what truly matters?
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Have you encountered the Risen Christ in your prayer? Have you walked with Jesus like the disciples on the Road to Emmaus? Have you felt your heart burning within you as Christ opened the Scriptures to you?
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Why are we working so hard? What are we striving toward? Do we want to achieve some important accomplishment, or do we want to be someone we respect? Naturally we don’t have just one aim. We have many goals and hopes, but what are the most important ones? When we focus on becoming the best kind of person we know how to be, we leave behind all our anxieties about how well we can perform.
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As I look back on my life, especially the most difficult and beautiful moments, I see that God was present burning within my heart, reaching out to me in my pain and in my joy. Sometimes I responded, and sometimes I turned away.
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Waiting is not a part of our culture. We live in a time where we want things to happen in an instant. We must intentionally cultivate the virtue of patience. Patience is a loving response to others and a fruit of the Spirit.
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It is easy to get distracted by the despair and brokenness in the world. We are definitely challenged throughout our lives but we are called to be Easter people, to celebrate the unending love and companionship of a God, who cares deeply about us. God calls us towards a life of love in eternity. This thought alone provides hope and this good news is nourishment for our journey. It sustains us along the way as we get to our final resting place.
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Sometimes we may be caught up in grief, despair, and distractions, and we need to hear God’s voice. We forget that as Christians, this life is one of rejoicing. No matter what weighs us down we have the gift of faith. We have confidence in a God that has been with us, for all time, and continues to show his grace and mercy. One that calls us home at the end of our earthly lives. Close your eyes, take a breath, and imagine Jesus calling your name today.
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This Easter season, I feel like Mary Magdalene weeping by the tomb of the risen Lord. She stays near to where she knows Jesus to be but when she sees Him, she doesn’t recognize Him immediately. But she knows, deep down and by the sound of His voice.
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In the following Lenten reflection by Joan Chittister, OSB, from In the Light of the Messengers, we see the reality of the struggle between living in the dark and the light:
“The true division of humanity,” Victor Hugo wrote in Les Miserables, “is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness.” Victor Hugo, it seems, understood Easter.
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Smitten With Goodness 