Have you ever thought about how amazing it is that you exist? From one perspective, it can seem like random happenstance. But if just one of those relationships hadn’t happened, you, unique as you are, would not exist. God arranged all these things with you in mind, because He thought of you and loved you even before He created you.
A good priest I know defines prayer as “the real you, conversing with the real God.” At one point, I was becoming discouraged in prayer, because it seemed I was always distracted…
A friend recently brought up an interesting concept. Are the fires of purgatory the Holy Spirit? If so, it would make that time of purgation much less intimidating!
Mother Luisita wrote in her spiritual notes: “What a great joy to have in my company, to possess, to have as my own, Jesus Himself! Who could ever snatch my Jesus from me?”
God thought of you, and the thought of you so utterly delighted Him that He created you. That is why you were made. You are His handiwork, a masterpiece of His art.
When the Samaritan woman encountered Jesus by the well, I wonder how she felt as He watched her draw water. She had gone there alone in the heat of the day to avoid the other women, carrying with her the weight of her past: broken relationships, painful situations, loneliness…
Pentecost is not just one day on the liturgical calendar that comes at the end of Easter. It’s the spirit in which you live your life in the Spirit. It’s a reminder that not only is God with you, guiding you, He’s also within you, breathing life in and through you.
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