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God alone is my soul at REST! declared
the Psalmist.
Human
life has a rhythm of work and REST.
(CATECHISM # 2184)
Creation
was fashioned with a view to the Sabbath
and therefore for the worship and adoration of God. (#347)
This
is the reason why God must have first place in our holidays as well as
on our Sundays. For the REST we seek is not merely cessation from labor.
You
are REST! You are
refreshment! sang
St. Francis of
Assisi
from the hermitage atop
Mt.
LaVerna
. We are made
to live in communion
with God, in whom (we) find happiness (#345),
for
God has made us for Himself and our hearts
are restless until they rest in Him. (
St. Augustine
) That
is why every vacation journey away from the ordinary needs to include
some pathways leading to Him who is infinitely above the ordinary.
For only God’s love re-creates us in grace.
His
contemplation is our refreshment, wrote St. Clare.
This is why in our leisure as well as in our labor we must always
make room for God, take time for prayer, for silence, for meditation,
for sharing love with family and friends, with the poor, the lonely, the
aged. Then we discover
a spiritual depth and delight in even the simplest of our vacation
activities.
Our
time is in the hands of God. (#2743)
Awareness of this fact of faith stirs our gratitude for God’s
gift of time. It makes every
working day as well as every holiday a gateway to grace and growth, a
preparation for the unending rest and refreshment that we shall enjoy in
His Presence in the new creation to which we all tend.
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