Thoughts which bring me to Jesus, and to the Cross

14 The true children of God are those who let God’s Spirit lead them. 15 The Spirit we received does not make us slaves again to fear; it makes us children of God. With that Spirit we cry out, “Father.” 16 And the Spirit himself joins with our spirits to say we are God’s children. 17 If we are God’s children, we will receive blessings from God together with Christ. But we must suffer as Christ suffered so that we will have glory as Christ has glory.  Ro 8:14–17.

For my comfort also, Thou hast instituted the exalted sacrament of the true body and blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, whereby Thou feedest, waterest, and dost nourish my soul, and givest me the assurance that Thou wilt dwell in me and I in Thee. For this spiritual treasure I render praise and thanksgiving unto Thee.

301    I’ll tell you a secret, an open secret: these world crises are crises of saints. God wants a handful of men “of his own” in every human activity. Then … pax Christi in regno Christi—“the peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ.”

I used to love to try and figure out the greatest mysteries of the faith. I used to love to try and figure out how the Trinity all “fits” together, and I used to spend a lot of time trying to picture the throne of God, looking at Exodus, Isaiah, Matther and Revelation’s description f it, (although never ho sits on the throne–and how the Trinity appears there!) Or to contemplate the Eucharist, the CELEBRATION of the Lord’s Body and blood given for us.

I won’t say I have considered everything–there are far deeper hypothesis than I can handle. It’s humbling to realize that, but I am getting more and more thankful that i cannot… for knowing I am not capabale frees me to focus on things I do know.

The fact that i can cry out to my heavenly Father, because life is so broken, and to know He listens is amazing. As is the comfort that Loehe describes in his prayer, that comes from understanding what God does, and planned to do in the sacrament to us… a treasure that is worth praising God for, as it lifts the burdens we bear far to long in our lives. The burdens Escriva talks about, the ones caused by crises we all deal with, and that through the peace poured out on us, we are able to share and reveal it to others.

Suffering is such a pain, yet…. when we see what God does with it, what He planned to do with it, we become thankful–knowing the peace that is there… that allows us to heal, that allows us to see, and share in the glory of God.

This is so incredible, that i am that willing to give up the questions that curiosity forms, to just sit and tink through the presence of God in our lives… and be at peace.

God’s speed, and God’s peace!

Lœhe, William. Seed-Grains of Prayer: A Manual for Evangelical Christians. Translated by H. A. Weller, Wartburg Publishing House, 1914, p. 393.

Escrivá, Josemaría. The Way (p. 51). Scepter Publishers. Kindle Edition.