Be vigilant! Stand ready to serve at a moment's notice! Trust and listen for his call.
From the Irish Jesuits:
In our relationships with God, it is always the present which counts. The prepared servant lives constantly in the present and seeks and finds God there. A life so lived takes care of itself – and its future.
To dwell in the past or ponder uselessly over the future, the one gone the other unborn, is nothing more than a distraction. In distraction we are not vigilant. Our trust might be weakened with doubt or speculation. Our ability to listen and hear his voice is debilitated. We are lost in our own personal realities if we are not present-minded. Life is happening now, not yesterday and not tomorrow. If we hear, if we trust in his Holy Spirit, we can act only in the present: we shall answer his call, open the door and receive the Lord and his bounty, his blessing.
From the Irish Jesuits:
In our relationships with God, it is always the present which counts. The prepared servant lives constantly in the present and seeks and finds God there. A life so lived takes care of itself – and its future.
To dwell in the past or ponder uselessly over the future, the one gone the other unborn, is nothing more than a distraction. In distraction we are not vigilant. Our trust might be weakened with doubt or speculation. Our ability to listen and hear his voice is debilitated. We are lost in our own personal realities if we are not present-minded. Life is happening now, not yesterday and not tomorrow. If we hear, if we trust in his Holy Spirit, we can act only in the present: we shall answer his call, open the door and receive the Lord and his bounty, his blessing.
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