Hello everyone. I hope you are well and keeping safe. Wow, what hot days upon us! They certainly slow us down don't they? Here is a little meditation from the Franciscan Media Center that might help us throughout the day. All the best!
God was, and is, always waiting. There is never a time when he is not longing for us to come to him. The invitation is ever-present. The human heart was made for God and will only be fully satisfied when in union with him. How correct Saint Augustine was when he said that our hearts are restless until they rest in God. If we are quiet and still, we can feel his tugging; we can detect his summons. He is always calling us to more and wanting to draw us to himself. Our very life is a pilgrimage, always being enticed further, being brought closer to Christ. At times our lives are too chaotic for us to hear God’s invitation, but if you are able to get away from the madness and be still, you can hear it; you can sense it. It is in the quiet that we understand why we are walking. It is in the stillness that we more fully understand what or whom we are walking toward.
−from Hiking the Camino: 500 Miles with Jesus by Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR