Note to God

people talk of a genuine crisis of contemplation and attention, which is so essential for one’s inner life and for love of our fellow men and women. Our capacity for attention is fragmented by many competing interests vying for our attention. As Leo XIV recently pointed out, “new technologies have created an artificial environment where our fundamental choices are put to the test.

Jesus, let my distractions be the other way round. Instead of recalling the world when I am engaged in conversation with you, let me rather recall you when I am engaged in the things of this world,” Saint Josemaría prayed.[8] Our founder sought to discover God behind everything that happened. He tried to detect his presence in what was apparently very earthly. He wanted to discover poetry – “heroic verse”[9] – in actions that might seem insignificant or trivial.

To do work  - to perfect his creation - spirit of service

The intellectual allure of pessimism has been known for ages. John Stuart Mill wrote in the 1840s: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage. But a Christian hopes regardless of despair or not. Our optimism and cheerfulness isn't a foolish naivety.  Omnia in bonum

3 words - God in us. What a powerful reality. That God dwells in us, by the virtue of baptism. God in us. It is a reality which if Christians become fully aware of this reality, the world would be transformed.  God in us. 

My God, it is extraordinary that you should ask us to love you. Given who you are, and who we are, you ought to forbid us to do so. But even if you forbid us to love you, I will still love you secretly.

Source: Power of Silence