‘Cultivate an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit so that all shadows in your life may vanish and He may guide you without hindrance’ (Inner Word).
What is our contribution to true peace, given that we have no external means to achieve it? True peace will only come when we live in harmony with God, because the root of discord comes from separation from God, that is, from sin.
In the Message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio, God the Father makes us understand that peace will come when men recognise, honour and love Him. This is where today’s phrase becomes relevant, showing us how to become an instrument of the Holy Spirit. Our Father, who sent us the Holy Spirit together with His Son, what could He desire more than to find in us instruments that are docile to Him?
God’s love has been poured into our hearts so that we may be people who truly love. Love does not tolerate shadows. It cannot bear them and will therefore do everything possible to dispel them and overcome them within us.
Just think of our Father: there is no shadow in Him. And He makes us sharers in His divine life so that it may permeate ours. Love wants to banish from us everything that is dark and distant from God. It is a process that requires our cooperation so that the Holy Spirit may find fewer and fewer obstacles to working in us and putting us at the service of love.
This will be our true contribution to achieving the peace that comes from God. We become collaborators with the Holy Spirit, who wants to renew the face of the earth. In this way, we work to uproot discord so that God’s peace can spread. Let us not forget to lift up our prayers to God, especially for those who are still trapped in the shadows and promote the civilisation of death.