Entering into the reality of Being:

(on Genesis 1:26-27)

When God creates us in His image and likeness,
we start to come into a reality
that takes us beyond our physical being.

In this world, we see what we see,
and mostly, this is as far as our understanding allows us to go.

If we let ourselves be led by the hand of God,
He will teach us (as to the small child that we are)
how to walk according to the eternal reality in God.

The smaller we are (not only accepting, but celebrating our smallness)
God takes charge with greater strength and in His divine grace,
in directing our small steps
and takes us into the wonders of what really awaits us
in the presence of Being.

Understanding that only God can fill up our vast emptiness within,
and that there is nothing in this world capable of filling us as completely as in Him.
Then, we begin to see reality through the eyes of the soul,
breathing-in the enriching scent of our faith in God,
completely surrendered to hope in Christ-risen,
and living deeply in the eternal love of the Spirit.

After all, God has created us for Him.
To arrive to this reality, is more than enough.
Because in reality, God is everything,
and without Him, there is nothing.

Only by recognizing, accepting and celebrating how small we are,
we are able to begin to come into
the reality of our being into the Supreme Being.

The duty of the present: united with God as we fulfill the duties of the present moment

We must welcome the Will of God
however the Will manifests in our lives.

We must keep going forward
moving toward the One
who is the same goal for us all;
but we must travel
by our own individual path,
united in our obedience to God.
As He manifests His Will so differently
to each one of us.

We must be obedient
and totally surrender to the present moment as God wills.
We must keep our attention
focused on what is happening now
in order to fulfill the duties entrusted to the present moment.

In God's time
He will be all in all.
For now,
we must live entirely for God.
he will arrange all things in due time.

When we abandon ourselves to the will of God,
and allow His will to rule our lives,
what is important to remember is:
to do our little task at hand
with all our love -
totally devoted to the present moment
forgetting ourselves and our needs.
The more devoted we are to the little task of the moment,
the more God will work wonders in embellishing it as He deems proper
"God works wonders for those He loves" (Ps 4:3)

Let us always stay united to God by Love.
Let us always work together with the Will of God
by a steady and simple submission (obedience),
a complete forgetfulness of self (like a child absorbed in the little task).

Let us go straight ahead.
God has the map of our lives, and holds the sculpting chisel in His divine hand.
Like a little rock who questions not how the sculptor will shape it,
let us leave the sculpting, to God alone
who knows (from all time) how we are shaped, chiseled, molded, painted...
in order to become all that He (alone) has destined us to be.

In the final moment
when God (alone) deems proper
and has completed the task of forming us
as His divine will dictates,
He will hold a mirror before us (the little rocks)
so we can see (with the eyes of faith)
the final creation from His hands.
Then, and only then,
will we know God - face to face.
Amen.