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Out With Worry – In With Trust
The only moment we can be with God is the present. We cannot be in His presence five seconds ago or at any moment in the future. Yet all moments are present to God, from the first moment of creation to the last moment at the end of time. He is eternal.
We can learn from the past and prepare for the future, like a mother shopping for dinner. But worrying leaves the present moment with God and sends us out alone. The present moment is the only one in which we can truly embrace God’s grace. “When our attention is drawn to the past or the future, we miss what God has for us right now, and we lose the opportunity to share in His Grace!” (Stop, Drop and Pray, Calling on God’s Healing Power, page 7, by Barbara Alderfer.)
When worry overcomes me, and I can’t shake it, I pray over the words of Blessed Antonio Rosmini in the 4th Maxim of Christian Perfection: TO ABANDON OURSELVES WHOLLY TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE. He wrote:
No Maxim helps more than this to obtain the peace of heart and evenness of mind proper to the Christian life.
There is no Maxim which, when practiced with the simplicity and generosity of heart that it requires, renders the follower of Jesus Christ dearer to our Heavenly Father. For it implies perfect confidence in Him, and in Him alone; It means a most lively faith, which believes as certain that all things in this world, both great and small, rest alike in the hand of our Heavenly Father and that nothing happens except as He disposes of for the accomplishment of His adorable designs. It also implies a belief in the infinite goodness, mercy, bounty, and generosity of our Heavenly Father, who disposes of all things for the good of those who trust Him so that His gifts and favors, His care and graces are bestowed in proportion to the confidence which His well-beloved children place in Him.
Gospel Challenge:
In short, pray, “O Jesus, I surrender myself to You, take care of everything.” He will and always does.
Love Your Neighbor!
Fr. Rick Pilger, IC
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