"Mary did you know?" are words you hear again and
again during this mysterious sacred time of preparation and celebration. Well when it comes to our spiritual reality
there is no yesterday or tomorrow there is only today. That is why the question
must be asked, "Mary do you know?"
"Mary do you know right now who you are and Who it is that dwells
within you." Do you know who it is
that sleeps within your paper flesh like dynamite ?" (Merton) So I
encourage, well dare you that when you the word Mary you are to substitute your
name. Then it is , Lynn, Carol, Tomas, Lupita …..do you know what is happening
right within you now, today? To take it
a step further, this Mystery we are active participants in is not even just
about today but all about this present moment.
Each moment given to us is in reality our human participation in the
eternal moment, "the sacred now."
The eternal moment because of its essential divine nature has no
beginning and no end, and so it must be with us. We, too have no beginning and no end that we
can actually pinpoint or capture , much to our frustration, and discomfort. Honesty
demands that I add the word annoyed. Are
you with me on this? By agreeing you are
not saying that you really like all of what this entails. We do not have to like this journey into
Mystery. I have found that I have to
ask, and ask constantly for the grace to always accept, the present reality. Is this easy?
Of course not. Nothing in the
spiritual journey is easy. There is no "cheap
grace" (Bonhoffer).
grace" (Bonhoffer).
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