It is what Pentecost was all about.
It is what receiving Our Lord in Holy Communion is all about.
It's what my life and your life are about. We have the opportunity... at Mass, at adoration, in prayer, at every moment in which we seek Him, to be Visited by God Himself.
On this eve of the Feast of the Visitation, I'm reflecting upon opportunities I have to carry Jesus to those around me. But I cannot visit WITH Him if I have not first been Visited BY Him. A "cloistered heart" without the Presence of Christ would be, in fact, no such thing. And so I ask, for each of us, that we will have grace to open our hearts to a deeper infilling of the Holy Spirit.
May we seek Him, trust Him, visit Him in prayer.
May we have new eyes to recognize His Visitations in every area of our lives.
“Are you not aware that you are
the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians
3:16)
"When anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him and he in God." (1 John 4:15)
“Most beautiful of creatures, who desires so ardently to know the dwelling place of your Beloved in order to seek Him and be united with Him, you are yourself the refuge where He takes shelter, the dwelling place in which He hides Himself. Your Beloved, your Treasure, your one Hope is so close to you as to live within you." (St. John of the Cross, Spiritual Canticle)
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“Most beautiful of creatures, who desires so ardently to know the dwelling place of your Beloved in order to seek Him and be united with Him, you are yourself the refuge where He takes shelter, the dwelling place in which He hides Himself. Your Beloved, your Treasure, your one Hope is so close to you as to live within you." (St. John of the Cross, Spiritual Canticle)
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