Friday, December 5, 2008

Real Loss

Insignificant man, escape from your everyday business for a short while, hide for a moment from your restless thoughts. Break off from your cares and troubles and be less concerned about tasks and labors. Make a little time for God  and rest a while in Him.----St. Anselem, bishop, 12th century

The idea that we are able to handle whatever comes our way is at best naive.  Bob Dylan wrote, "If you think you've lost it all, there's always more that you can lose."  But there is one thing that should bother us if we lose more than any other loss, the presence of God. This is why we should hate our sin with the utmost passion. The willful decision to go against what we know God wants separates us from His nearness. He doesn't leave us, we leave Him. He said He would never forsake us. He does at times withdraw from us when we are seeking Him to make us want Him more, that is an entirely different thing than losing His presence due to sinfulness. We must make time in our day to go inside and look upon His Sacred Heart. This is why the rosary is so important. Just touching it or seeing it can instantly take us into one of the mysteries of our Beloved Jesus. Let us not be naive in our daily toil, thinking we can handle it all alone, we can't.

wkm


   http://blog.theologika.net/2008/04/23/st-anselm-of-canterbury-faith-seeking-understanding/

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