unum necessarium. keep our eyes on him.

A simple-minded, simple-eyed commitment to God is all that counts. Maybe we have become—especially in academics—so addicted to analysis, to sorting out the many elements of the problems we and others have, that we lose sight of the “Unum Necessarium.” Therefore I also enjoy disagreeing with you when you say: “Naming the demons is the initial and greatest chore.” I don’t think so. The first and most important task we have is to keep our eyes on God and Him alone. We will never overcome the demons by analyzing them, but only by forgetting them in an all-consuming love for God. God is simple, demons are complex. Demons like to be analyzed, because that keeps our attention directed to them. God wants to be loved. I am more and more convinced that the first commandment indeed needs to be the first: to love God with all our heart, all our soul and our entire mind. Our heart, soul and mind can never be divided between God and neighbor or anything else. God is a jealous God who wants our love without any reservations. But in our total undivided commitment to God we will find that God is the God of our neighbour and all of our concerns.