I am convinced that the Lord walks with us all the time, everyday, in every place. If we pay attention He speaks to us, touches our hearts with His Word and His presence throughout and within our reality. St. Paul said that "truth is written in our hearts." If this is true then we have always his Word to read within us. We may be troubled but the answers are in ; God speaks to us in the quiet of our heart. We live and move and have our being in God (Acts 17), therefore we have access to God at all times! Oh why are we so troubled?
Pope John Paul II gives us the witness that during the busiest and difficult times of his papacy, when everyone needed answers, when the world awaited his every move, when crisis was around the corners, the Pope always got his answers and his peace from prayer. Cardinal Stanislaus in his book, "A Life with Karol" writes:
"He got everything from, from the encounter with the Lord. And because he followed the Gospel, he also knew which road to take and which direction to lead the church, and forged straight ahead, without looking either to the right or to the left. He always imitated Christ and tried to be the good shepherd of the flock. He was a free man. He was interiorly free, and that gave him serenity. "
Pope John Paul II, Santo Subito! Pray for us, to recognize you on our walk and at our table. Amen.
(Teresa Monaghen)
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