Several times recently, elderly people have written or said to me (an elderly people, myself): "I don't know why the Lord is leaving me here."
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When we hesitate to ask God for what we want, we are already not doing what God wants.
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We have all been told at various times in our lives to share openly what is on our minds and hearts. Especially when upset or angry, keeping things inside and letting them fester day after day is a temptation to avoid.
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You may have heard this definition of "insanity" often credited to Albert Einstein: "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result".
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"There's gotta be more...I think to myself” What is it that you seek? What are you looking for? When will you know that you've arrived?
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Think of it this way: gravity holds me down. It holds everyone else down, too. But this is a personal matter: gravity holds me down.
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First Lent, then Easter. Jesus told us: You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy (Jn.16:20). We sorrow at the awful grief that humanity inflicts on itself: genocide in Ukraine, millions of abortions, and little children living hungry and lonely.
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One of the truths of our faith is that God relates to each of us uniquely. He speaks to me in a way unique to my understanding and does the same for all of us, wherever we are on our spiritual journey.
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Along with faith and love, hope is one of the classic three theological virtues but I think the least known and appreciated. It does, after all, have a focus on the future which necessarily means that it cannot be experienced in the way the other two can be in the present.
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Everything about Advent points to the future. Here are some thoughts about that. First, getting to the future means waiting. You have to wait. Mary had to wait, and Joseph, too. He had to wait because he's the one who will give the baby His name.
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