prayer: be in God's gaze

To see ourselves and the world with simplicity, we first need to find rest in God’s gaze. Knowing that He is looking upon us gives us great security: we understand that God loves us in our truth and that everything else is of very relative importance. Outside of this gaze, however, we feel the need to protect our fragility, and we close in on ourselves or become paralyzed by fear. Those who take refuge in God’s loving look enjoy the serenity of simplicity, because they do not depend on circumstances outside of their control. We belong to the truth, says St. John, and reassure our hearts before him (1 Jn 3:19).

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