Rest

When God looks at us, He is  not seeing merely  a lively blob of flesh, but a  spirit. Perhaps we could look upon God in a similar way. He is not merely flesh, but Spirit. It is our spirit that is superior to the flesh that characterizes His approach to us and the way in which He deals with us.   Thus, we should  follow His example, and try to recognize the spiritual side of ourselves.

For a young person, life is to the far horizons; as we get older, and the body begins to respond sluggishly and starts to hurting us in the midst of all the simplest activities, that we realize we are aging, and we are approaching the day when we will be free of the flesh and live as spirit. Many people are troubled by this event, and try to  do anything they can to restore their body to it is  former responsiveness, and to stave off the moment when we leave this reality to encounter the one our spirit had tried to assert all our life.

The passion-life of Jesus was meant to atone for sin and to clear the way for a closer unity with us in our life. But it depends on our response to His grace. Without grace, any attempt at unity is going to be very difficult, yet He is not without generosity, and pours out graces on us in abundance. Regardless, that grace must somewhat stick with us, or no one would  show the slightest inkling that we are aware of Him.

But people are aware; some prefer not to be reminded of His proximity. The bitterness in the Heart of Jesus is there because of  our rejection of His love and grace, so that our life is diminished even as it is dwindling away.

We cannot let sin prevent us responding to Him so that we might be transformed. The whole point of His ministry in life was that we can turn to Him and we can expect grace to help us and to change us. The whole point of my existence is to live to serve others by my prayers and penances, to elicit the grace that is needed by everyone so desperately. 

We are all under a death sentence, but we cannot let that darken  us to the point we are simply paralysed in fear, because there is work to be done, and we each have a task to accomplish. It will be the salvation of us if we pay attention. He is not unaware of our needs, nor does He refuse us what we need, even if we have sinned. Even the earth itself is full of light and warmth to remind us. If we allow ourselves to take some rest in prayer, we might not only see the light, but feel the Spirit moving through us like a gentle, restful peace.