The problem is still there. We seek the solution in a thousand ways. We made so many efforts. Face the situation again and again. But the problem seems to beat us. Not dominate the weather.
We can not prevent the movement of the earth. We do not have absolute power over the virus. Above all, we are almost helpless against the great mystery of human freedom, from the malice of unscrupulous people.
technique, it is true, it opens the possibility to build safer homes. Improving the performance of the earth. Create swamps and dams to conserve water. Stores and preserves food. But the fragility of our body and the fickleness of our hearts are on the prowl.
We have tried almost everything, and the family is very close, and the money is not enough to pay outstanding debts, and the food needed for the table.
are times when discouragement seems to triumph. Are times, however, to react and learn that in the earthly world nothing is fixed, nothing is immutable, nothing is perfect. are moments to look at the sky and recognize that we have a Father who does not abandon us, because we are children, because we are weak, because we are sick, we need much comfort.
discovered, then the need of prayer, from deep, from the depths, from the more radical needs. We feel that beyond the mountains we have a relief that comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth "(Ps 121.2).
"When no one listens to me, God still listens to me. When I can not talk to anyone or call anyone, I can always talk to God. If there is nobody to help me when it comes to a need or expectation that goes beyond the human capacity for hope, he can help. If I am plunged into complete solitude ...; the one who prays is never completely alone "(Benedict XVI, Encyclical" Spe Salvi, "n. 32).
When we have tried everything ... perhaps lacking the most important, the decisive ourselves in God's hands. Is Father, and give us what we need.
If we were asking not for their plans (ie, if not the best for us), do not receive. We will, we know, a lot better, as taught by Charles de Foucauld.
then the time has come to say, from the heart, with the confidence of a child: "Let, Father, your will. "
Source: Catholic.net
Author: P. Fernando Pascual LC
We can not prevent the movement of the earth. We do not have absolute power over the virus. Above all, we are almost helpless against the great mystery of human freedom, from the malice of unscrupulous people.
technique, it is true, it opens the possibility to build safer homes. Improving the performance of the earth. Create swamps and dams to conserve water. Stores and preserves food. But the fragility of our body and the fickleness of our hearts are on the prowl.
We have tried almost everything, and the family is very close, and the money is not enough to pay outstanding debts, and the food needed for the table.
are times when discouragement seems to triumph. Are times, however, to react and learn that in the earthly world nothing is fixed, nothing is immutable, nothing is perfect. are moments to look at the sky and recognize that we have a Father who does not abandon us, because we are children, because we are weak, because we are sick, we need much comfort.
discovered, then the need of prayer, from deep, from the depths, from the more radical needs. We feel that beyond the mountains we have a relief that comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth "(Ps 121.2).
"When no one listens to me, God still listens to me. When I can not talk to anyone or call anyone, I can always talk to God. If there is nobody to help me when it comes to a need or expectation that goes beyond the human capacity for hope, he can help. If I am plunged into complete solitude ...; the one who prays is never completely alone "(Benedict XVI, Encyclical" Spe Salvi, "n. 32).
When we have tried everything ... perhaps lacking the most important, the decisive ourselves in God's hands. Is Father, and give us what we need.
If we were asking not for their plans (ie, if not the best for us), do not receive. We will, we know, a lot better, as taught by Charles de Foucauld.
then the time has come to say, from the heart, with the confidence of a child: "Let, Father, your will. "
Source: Catholic.net
Author: P. Fernando Pascual LC
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