On one of my trips I went into a store to purchase an item. I paid the cashier with cash. As she was handing me the change she said "have
a wonderful day." I said in reply "Thank you and may you have
an awe-full day as well." She was
really taken aback at my remark. She
looked puzzled, and looking not too pleased.
I went on to explain how to use the word "awe-full" in
conversation. I also use awe-full in my
homilies. I used to get a great
kick when at the end of a wedding ceremony I would wish the couple "An
awe-full life," not an awesome life
together. Accepting the fact they will
have an awe-full life they will be cognizant of the mysterious Presence that
will always be directing them gently into the newness of the mystery each
partner is in their depths. That is why
love is fruit-full, it loves the partner into the person God has created that
person to be, their real true self, the secret known only to God alone. When there is such creative love the child
born of their intimacy is in reality the incarnation of their love. In this incarnation The God Who was first
incarnated so long ago is born anew. Each
birth continues the revelation of the mystery of The Incarnation. Keeping that in mind addressing the couple as
awesome is selling them so short. The
reality of their awe-full-ness hopefully will encourage them as individuals and
as a couple to plunge the depths of the mystery of love, and The Lover.
I read
where awe leads to respect, reverence, and veneration. That is what I desire for every person I
meet. To see beyond the so-called
ordinariness of what is seen, what is heard, what is tasted, what is smelled,
and is touched brings a new and a deeper vision to our ever evolving
reality. We, with all of creation, are slowly evolving into a real wholeness, a
holiness. Since that is true, and
quantum physics bears that out, we must have the lenses necessary to leave
behind the certainties of the past so as to become aware of the miracle of what
is before our eyes. This is "hope
punking" at it’s best. Looking
beyond what is seen etc. to be awakened to the miracle of becoming that is
right there before our eyes." Lord would that I could see Your guiding "hand"
at work every nanosecond we are in partnership in bringing a new creation. We can see what we can do in the doing, but
the mystery of the ongoing secret workings of The Loving Creative Spirit
awaits our discovery. This journey of
discovery is not for the faint of heart." It takes reckless courage to journey into the
depths of who we really are. (Yeates). We
must have a soul mate for that journey. In
Gaelic the person is called The Anam Cara.
The Anam Cara journeys every step of the way to be a loving nonjudgmental
cognizant presence as one journeys through dark valleys and on to mountains of
transformation, and transfiguration. How awefull it is when I see someone
announce they have married their soul mate.
continued on July 17 part 2
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