Tag: seek
Seek his face always
To seek God is a great good; in my opinion the soul knows no greater blessing. It is the first of her gifts and the final stage in her progress. It is inferior to none, and it yields place to none. What could be superior to it, when nothing has a higher place? What could claim a… Read More ›
That which eludes us
As water to roots, is grace to the heart, the Sun warms the earth and allows being to grow, as grace heals the soul and fills it with life. We each must die to all but to what we love, some lead to life, others to sorrow, in the end its is one thing we… Read More ›
Who are you, Lord, that I may know you?
My soul, say to God: ‘Who are you, Lord, that I may know you?’ You alone are what you are and who you are, that is, that than which nothing greater can be thought, nor anything better, nor more joyful. You are life, wisdom, light, truth, goodness, eternity, the one whom all need that they… Read More ›
God is my objective
God is the meditation of my heart and my inheritance, that I await, long for and delight in. He is the objective I have set myself, the whole reason for my efforts. He, God himself, is the inheritance I plan to bring to a home of right-ordered love, that he may sup with me and… Read More ›
Who is Worthy?
Seeking to help only those who are ‘worthy’ is a slippery slope to start walking on. For who is to say one person is more worthy than another. That does take a certain type of judgment that I don’t want to take the responsibility in making. Though of course at times I do; I am… Read More ›
I have found him whom my soul loves
`I found him,’ the soul says, ‘I found him’, though previously he sought and found me like a stray sheep, like a lost coin, and in his mercy anticipated me. He forestalled me, I say, in finding me when I was lost. He anticipated me, though I deserved nothing. He found me astray, he anticipated… Read More ›
What we are called to emulate
Youth is for the young. Getting older is something that should be embraced celebrated, loved even, for that is after all reality, we age. Perhaps there is a reason for this, aging. Maybe life is set up so that as we get older we can have more time to seek more important pass times, more… Read More ›
Finding God … in service of our brothers.
There is a stage in the spiritual life in which we find God in ourselves – this presence is a created effect of His love. It is a gift of His, to us. It remains in us. All the gifts of God are good. But if we rest in them, rather than in Him, they… Read More ›
Beneath the Sands
The human heart is deep, lost in a desert where its deepest longings are lost beneath the sands. Days spent in silent pain, surrounded by others on the same path; yet not a word is said. Love the key that is sought and often not found….or something less that only makes the wounds deeper and… Read More ›
The Sign of God Working in Souls
With this in mind, then, you understand how it is in the spiritual life that the first fruits of the Holy Spirit give joy to those whose hearts he sees to be pure, and yet after bestowing this joy and sweetness on them the Spirit holds aloof and forsakes them. The explanation is this: he… Read More ›