Fr. Bede's almost-daily reflections. When it comes to the spiritual life, we're all beginners. I also send these out by email. Contact me at bcamera@anselm.edu. God bless!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Illusions and Reality
"Illusions diminish the quality of our life because they prevent us from responding appropriately to reality." Abbot Martin Werken, O.S.B.
Agreed. If I may wax philosophic/theological here, the question you have to ask yourself is where is God's love in whatever you're dealing with? If it's not there or you can't find it, then you may not be making a realistic assumption about it. To put it another way, God's love is real and the only reality we need. If you do anything without it then you're not being realistic and you're puting on the blinders of illusions.
Agreed. If I may wax philosophic/theological here, the question you have to ask yourself is where is God's love in whatever you're dealing with? If it's not there or you can't find it, then you may not be making a realistic assumption about it. To put it another way, God's love is real and the only reality we need. If you do anything without it then you're not being realistic and you're puting on the blinders of illusions.
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