Easter Meditation

My Dearest Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

Book 3 Chapter 15: On How We are to Conduct Ourselves in Our Desires

“Lord, if it be Your will, so let it be, and if it be to Your honor, let it be fulfilled in Your Name.”

If we have learned only one thing throughout the writings of Thomas a Kempis, we should learn that all our desires must be focused on God.  We must learn to be obedient and submit to His will.  All our desires must be for the honor and glory of God.  If our desires are not focused on God, then these desires become harmful to our soul.  You may love to play soccer and when you play soccer you do it for the honor and glory of God.  But if you play soccer instead of choosing God or for your own glory, then your desires are miss directed and harmful to the soul.  We must recognize that not every desire is good for us.  Satan uses our desires to slowly divert us from our one and only true love.  We must be careful that we are not being deceived in our desires.  Even a desire to Holy can become misdirected if our love for God is not pure.  When our love for God becomes a channel for hatred or condemnation of others or as a means to make ourselves look better then others, then our desire becomes evil and actually diverts us away from God.  We must learn to abandon ourselves for God and commit everything to God.  In doing so, we learn to place ourselves last and our love for God first. It is through this purest form of love that we please God in our desires.  In doing so, we learn to become a humble servant of God.  We must realize that only God knows what is best for us.  We must ask Him to let it be done according to His will and not ours. Every time we seek something, ask God for guidance to make sure you are going down the right path.  Ask Him to grant you the grace to choose wisely only those things which glorify and honor Him. We must ask Him to strength to let His will be ours.

A Simple Prayer

“Am I not Your creature, and in Your hands, for You lead me about and turn me about as You will? I am Your servant, ready to do all things at Your command; for I do not want to live for myself, but only for you. If only I can do these things worthily and perfectly.”

Yours in Christ

Michael Marcon