Daily Devotional Based on the Spiritual Classic He and I
April 26—“Lord, Your poor little girl, Your poor image, is here before you, yearning for You with all the strength of her being.”
“Have you noticed how people talk among themselves, discussing all their personal affairs? They spend so much time this way and it does them so little good. Don’t you think that if they gave themselves to Me, their friend, I should rejoice to have My place in their thoughts and I should know how to reward their confidence munificently? Don’t you think that it would create a moment-to-moment intimacy between them and Me, and this would be a joy for them, because close to Me their lives would lose their tension. “You understand? It would be life together with Me—I carrying the heavy end of things. So again I say, speak with Me, My little ones. Speak with Me. And our hearts will merge. Isn’t this the aim of My Christians? Isn’t that why you want to die? Then begin by living this heart-oneness. Seize upon every opportunity. Find every pretext. You aren’t bold enough. For some of you it is because you are indifferent. “But My close friends, why, why don’t they call louder to Me from their heart’s depths? If only their belief were less like unbelief! If their hope were fixed upon My help . . . And if, in all simplicity, their love loved Me more. I should be there looking after everything in their day, and when night fell, their eyes would close again on My face. “You know what it is to sleep that way—within My embrace? Would you like to learn better? Remember, it’s a question of beginning over and over again. Of trying to grow. Of taking great care not to be satisfied with yourself. But ponder often on your poverty. Tell Me about it and My heart will be all eagerness to help you since you are so little, so weak. And when you call Me, be sure to give Me the most tender names. I’ll recognize the voice.”
7 Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you. (1 Peter 5:7).
9 And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. (Luke 11:9-10).
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30).
2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:2).
Reflection- O Lord we all want to take our problems to anyone who will listen and talk to anybody but You! And yet You wait for us and You ask us to bring everything to You! To cast our cares! And not only to come but to come with confidence because You know what we need before we even ask! You so long for us to lean against Your Sacred Heart, just like St. John at the Last Supper, and to trust You with everything! But how many, even those who are Your closest friends, don’t due to indifference, distrust, or giving in to anxiety and fear. You call us to come to You in our littleness, our nothingness really, and in our weakest moments where we are the most overwhelmed. Not relying on ourselves and our version of our path to sainthood but only on You because You are always eager to help us when we humbly bring all of our concerns to You with childlike faith and trust!
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