Response to God's Personal Love

Dear Child of God let your life be characterised by wonder, adoration, silence, nothingness, obedience, humility and love.

First of all, dwell on the wonder, allowing yourself to be taken over by a sense of awe at the sight of God reaching out to you, as though you were the only one that mattered.  Reflect on the mystery and wonder of being chosen to be God’s dwelling place.

Bow down in adoration before God whose greatness exceeds all that we could ever imagine.  May this sense of greatness so permeate you that it will be reflected in all that you do and say.

Pay attention to inner silence which means trying to quieten the thoughts, emotions or impulses which lead to anxiety.  Too much inner activity, and even multiplying acts of devotion, prevent us from hearing the gentle voice of God in the depths of our being.

Enter into your own nothingness before the immense greatness of God.  Recognise your total dependence and be ready to let go to God’s desires.  Ask for nothing more and desire nothing more.

It is not enough to reach this stage in thought and desire; it calls for a response in obedience to God’s will as it makes itself known.  With humility, gentleness and discernment, be alert to the ways in which God reaches out to you through the people with whom you live and work.

Seek to live your life in a true spirit of humility.  Pray for the grace to be able to say thanks when you are not offered the first place or recognised for what you have done.  Jesus has gone this road before you.

Above all, reflect on the immensity of God’s unique and personal LOVE for you.  Listen to the invitation:
“Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come.”
The real mystery is in God’s love for us rather than in our love for God.
“My beloved is mine and I belong to the beloved.”

Taken fron N. Barré: Letter 36