"Your home is in
Heaven. All things of this world are transitory and passing. Do not cling to
them lest you wish to perish with them" (Thomas a Kempis)
If
Heaven is truly home then how do we make sense of our lives away from "home" and caught up in the daily dealings of
the world? How do we truly come to understand the purpose and importance of our
humanity immersed within a transitory and passing reality?
These questions can only
be answered by drawing nearer to He who is steadfast and constant. It is
through faith to our Lord that we begin to have partial understanding of what
this passing journey means for God's beloved. It is in this drawing nearer to
Christ that we can begin to recognize the purpose of living each present moment
with the conviction that we are made for something far beyond the tangible
things of this world.
By turning to our Creator
while immersed in His creation we can begin to live our lives with proper
balance and the most genuine purpose. We can experience a sense
of freedom from all things tangible and "hope
for things unseen".
It is important to detach
from all things in order that we may fasten ourselves so tightly to God. In
this way we immerse ourselves in the world as He truly wills for us. As we
strive for a deeper union with Christ we recognize that our
presence to the things of this world becomes a means for answering the call to
glorify God. We should strive to be so hidden and attached to Christ, living with the imperishable joy that He alone provides.
Lent is an appropriate
time to detach from the temporal and work toward spiritual renewal. We are
presented with a great opportunity in this season to cling more to Christ and not to
the transitory and passing things of this world.(C.C.)
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