donadei said:
Yes, Our GOD IS personally interested in our life, in each and every individual life. This may sound like a hyperbole but with God, nothing is impossible. He is OMNIPRESENT, and He is present to me while I am doing this thread.
He is a far cry from the President of the country who is assumed to be the leader. The President does not know me personally, and will perhaps not ever know me, even as a citizen of this country.
But GOD does know me personally. He knows me more intimately than I know myself. He is OMNISCIENT. He knows from the very beginning that at this point in time, I, donadei, will be sharing this with you.
Here is my question:
The problem is from my end. I do not know how personal God is to me. With my finite mind and self, I cannot grasp this reality. I think this is where the mystics differ from the commonplace. They KNOW God personally, on a very intimate level.
You have 2 options:
- What can you suggest that I do?
- Share your own experience.
Thank you, and God bless.
Do you have to do something extra, donaday? I feel that to try to live the faith in daily life, inclusive prayers, eucarist and regularly confession, is to live according to the will of God. Somtimes I āfeelā close. Sometimes it is like there is some sort of problem with the contact, until I realise that love is a decition, not a feeling.
To trust in God is also to trust in God when we not āfeelā HIM: āā¦Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believeā (John 20:29).
Some praiers that helps me:
The Grail Prayer:
Lord Jesus,
I give you my hands to do your work.
I give you my feet to go your way.
I give you my eyes to see as you do.
I give you my tongue to speak your words.
I give you my mind that you may think in me.
I give you my spirit that you may pray in me.
Above all,
I give you my heart that you may love in me
your Father and all mankind.
I give you my whole self that you may grow in me,
so that it is you, Lord Jesus,
who live and work and pray in me. Amen
Praying the offering of self:
Lord Jesus,
you told your friends
not to worry about the future.
You showed them
how to have the attitude of simple trust
that young children have,
so that they could place themselves
into the caring hands of your Father.
And so I ask for the power of your Spirit
that I may remain positive
throughout all that is ordinary in my daily life.
I know that your touch
can change people and situations,
and so I ask you
to join me in offering to our Father
not only the good things of this day
but also the suffering and sacrifices
that I want to offer cheerfully and lovingly,
and in a quiet and hidden way.
And so may any difficulties
and frustration and pain of this day
be transformed in your presence
for the benefit of other people. Amen.
That the Gospel may be āwrittenā in me:
God our Father,
until the time of the printing press,
people copied the Gospel,
writing it by hand.
Slowly the Gospel took shape
- both on the page
and deep within themselves.
I ask that the Gospel
- the Good News of your love -
may be written in me
not with ink
but with the Spirit of God. Only then will I grow as a credible witness
of the wealth of your love.
Day by day,
as the pages of my own life turn over,
remind me
that you write my name
on the palm of your hand.
I ask this prayer through Jesus,
who is your Word,
living amongst us. Amen.
Best wishes and God Bless!
G.G.
Thank you, Marie, for your beautiful response.
Her priest told her that when a small child falls asleep in the arms of his/her parent, that parent does not think of it as wasted time but often relishes holding their child, stroking their hair and face, and just being with the child. So, too, will Our Lord hold you and love you, even if you fall asleep in His presence!
. And thoughts, like babies, donāt respond to being hushed but to letting them play themselves out quietly until stillness comes upon usā¦
