PREPARATION FOR PENTECOST: “O most blessed Light divine”

“O most blessed Light divine,
May that light within us shine
And our inmost being fill!

Where you are not, we have naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint and ill.”

The Spirit of God penetrates deeply into our souls, that is, he wants to reach the very centre of our being and dwell there, together with the Father and the Son who abide in us, according to the words of Jesus (cf. Jn 14:23). Once established in our hearts, the Spirit of God will be able to mould us into the image of God, if we allow Him to do so. This is the great work of the Holy Spirit, once He has brought man to repentance and brought him back to loving obedience to God.

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“GUIDED BY THE LORD”

 ‘Go deep and immerse yourself again and again in me. Then you will find the inner guidance you need’ (Inner Word).

Our Father will never leave us without His guidance. He can reveal it to us in various ways. In today’s sentence, God urges us to go within ourselves. When we seek Him and perceive Him in our soul, when we immerse ourselves in Him and remain there, we make it easy for our Father to communicate His Will to us. The various influences and distractions from outside diminish. The more we have learned to distinguish the voice of God whispering within us from the impulses of our nature or even from the dark side, the easier it will be for us to understand His instructions.

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