Saturday, December 22, 2012

What is God asking of me?



Have you ever had a thought — a whim — and asked yourself, what does God expect from me?
This morning while I was reading Friends of God, I read the following out loud:
We are deeply moved, and our hearts profoundly shaken, when we listen attentively to that cry of St Paul: 'This is God's will for you, your sanctification.' Today, once again, I set myself this goal and I also remind you and all mankind: this is God's Will for us, that we be saints.
I wanted to blurt out, "That's easy for you to say, you're already a saint!" Of course it's not easy and St. Josemariá even says later in the same homily that we are likely to encounter Christ's cross, our cross, along the way.

Nevertheless we are all called to be saints, to say YES to the call to holiness. Three sure methods of starting this journey (or getting back on track) are prayer, fasting (mortification) and alms giving. It's no accident that we are called to refocus on these three methods during Advent.

He is calling you and me to holiness.  Fiat! Let it be done.

1 comment:

  1. Yes, Let it be done and let me have the strength and follow-through to truly let it be done! SL

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