Spirituality for Beginners

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!





Wednesday, October 28, 2015

The struggle to "let go"

We all struggle against something that deep down inside we realize that we need to “lose” in our lives, to set aside, to get free from. We struggle with such matters for years, perhaps, until it is suddenly and mysteriously time for us to let go. (God’s time is the best time of all.)

I remember when it came time for me to quit smoking, so let me use that as an example. At that time, one of the things that discouraged me was the fear that life as I knew it was coming to an end, and I couldn’t imagine what that would be like or how it would be possible. After all, I didn’t know how to live as a non-smoker.

The truth of the matter, however, is that once we are committed to letting go of something, and have asked God for help, we discover a new way of living that is so much better than the former way of life that we can’t understand why we waited so long in the first place. And so, my friends, if at this time you find you are being called to lose something in your life, ask God for miraculous help to let it go. You will find far more than you are losing.


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