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Jesus said to him, "One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you." (John 13:10)
On New Year’s Day about ten years ago, I set myself a personal goal: to know deeper intimacy with Jesus during the coming year. More than ever in my life—and probably especially because I was in pain from the collapse of some close relationships—I thirsted to know his love. “Why did things fall apart the way they did?” I would ask myself. “What did I do wrong?”
I tried to sort through the pain of these broken relationships as I had always worked through difficulties: by pushing myself to get closer to the Lord in the hopes that he would heal me. I frequented the sacraments. I prayed every day. I read Scripture. Still, I wasn’t experiencing the love of the Lord in the intimate, personal way that I so wanted. My knowledge seemed indirect—“mediated” through the words or witnesses…
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Amen!
I was moved by this article, and can totally relate to those lines, “For years I had been a hard worker, especially when it came to the spiritual life. I was going to be the one to achieve holiness. I was the one who would make myself useful and pleasing to the Lord. “
Thank you, thank you for making this available in the WAU website.
“You are already clean. Yes, you have suffered a painful loss, but it didn’t happen because I am punishing you. It didn’t happen because you’re no good. All you need is for me to pick out the little shards and splinters that you’ve picked up. These shards and splinters are the inevitable result of trying to follow me in a fallen world.”
What a powerful message indeed, and so deeply moving to picture these words being spoken as our Lord bends down, reaching out to heal our wounds. Just makes you feel so loved
God bless,
sabrina