"Stay with us, Lord Jesus, for evening draws near, and be our companion on our way to set our hearts on fire with new hope. Help us to recognize your presence among us and in the breaking of the bread."
--Liturgy of the Hours, evening prayer, closing prayer

Cutting off What Keeps Us from God

I was led back to the opening pages of the Book of Genesis, to the event known as "original sin." Saint Augustine, with extraordinary perceptiveness, described the nature of this sin as follows:...self-love to the point of contempt for God. It was amor sui (self love) which drove our first parents toward that initial rebellion and then gave rise to the spread of sin throughout human history. The Book of Genesis speaks of this: "You will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Gn 3:5), in other words, you yourselves will decide what is good and what is evil.
The only way to overcome this dimension of original sin is through a corresponding...love for God to the point of contempt of self.
Pope John Paul II
For a full version of this text, click here (or see Magnificat, June 2009 pps. 164 & 165)

Trinity Sunday

The Catechism teaches that "by sending his only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed his innermost secret: God himself is an eternal exchange of love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and he has destined us to share in that exchange." (221).

"The complete Trinity dwells in us" (R.P. Philippon). By worshipping the Trinity we realize the full truth of ourselves. " In the communion of grace with the Trinity, man's 'living area' is broadened and raised up to the supernatural level of divine life. Man lives in God and by God." - Pope John Paul II
(taken from Magnificat, Sunday, June 7 - The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity)