Last night, the Catholic hermit prayed much in the dark and stillness. No matter what thought or image came, unbidden, of past personages or current etchings, the living or the living dead--the nothing loved each and all.
The process glowed incredible: simple. Yes, just simple: love each and every soul no matter. Nothing else mattered.
Does this mean that everyone loves the nothing Catholic hermit? No. Others may consider the nothing to be their enemy. That too, matters not.
After a night and a day and into another night, the reality pebbles against the windows at Agnus Dei in wind-gushed raindrops. No enemies, love all, no resentments, pray love into, enemies never more, only loving only souls now and forever.
Even pain is no enemy; especially not pain.
Perhaps the reality of prayer's powerful transfiguration of the soul into love, comes when the path requires conservation of breath. There is no energy to spare for ill-will, no room in the rucksack for enemies.
The footfalls step more solidly now; small stones may tumble down the pathway trod. An avalanche may follow. But the nothing Catholic hermit cannot stop to look back, for love echoes, reverberates, mystifies as to how light the air breathes in and out of a now listening soul, to love.
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Very beautiful; very true. I can honestly say that I know what you are experiencing, because I, too, am in that place where the love of Christ is just so overwhelming that is seems easy to love everyone. It seems as if I see them all with God's eyes; that I only see the good and not the evil. It is a beautiful blessing, to just see others as souls struggling towards God. Blessed day, Brenda
Well, I still see the evil; I am beginning to comprehend how it is that one can see hell yet not despair. I guess that is the power of love to not be done in by the evil that is surely out there, but to pity it. The Sacred Heart seems to provide that nest where even evil can be transformed. But yes, the good prevails, and the evil is com-passionated with Christ's mercy.
Do you think the yearning for forgiveness and humility and prayer pry loose the wounded gush of blood and water from His loving Side? That forgiving others, recognizing our pride, and praying to learn to love are what opens the ease of love?
Yes! I definitely believe that - and that all of our struggle towards the goal of Christ is beautiful and benefits all souls - that everything we do either lifts up or degrades the Body of Christ. Although I am not a member of Opus Dei (yet, may be something to consider), I love the writings of Blessed Josemaria Escriva. He wrote: "Dig further every day into the apostolic depths of your Christian vocation. He unfurled a banner to be followed twenty centuries ago, for you and me to proclaim aloud to men. It is indeed meant for all those who have a sincere heart and are capable of loving..." So yes!! Keep praying so the blood and water cover us all!
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