Hajja Salesjana July-September 2022

Try it, and I’m certain your life will be changed, as well as your interior peace. Allow Jesus to Rest in Your Heart This suggestion is rather mystical in nature, and yet probably most profound of all the aforementioned points. I base it off of a spiritual gem I discovered, which was released by Sophia Institute Press last summer: When God Is Silent by Luis M. Martinez, a former Archbishop of Mexico City, Mexico (who has since gone to his eternal home). The crux of this book is that there are times when we seek God’s response to our prayers and questions, yet we are met with His silence instead.  And this consequently creates a turbulence of spirit within us, because we assume that we have been forsaken by Him when, in fact, He is only resting within us. Martinez proffers a novel concept:  Why not permit Jesus to sleep in our hearts for as long as He desires? If He chooses to remain silent for a day, a week or perhaps even years, then we must rest in the assurance Photo by Harli Marten - www.unsplash.com that He is with us and simply wishes to rest in our love. So often we approach God in a disposition of receiving from Him rather than giving to Him. It is far more beneficial for our souls that we allow God to prune us in the silent sleeping, to mature our love for Him so that we are always resting in Him as He rests softly in us. With these few attainable goals, I have exponentially increased my level of interior peace. That’s not to say that my life is graceful or that I never approach uncertainty with fear, because I do. It’s difficult to rid ourselves of that nasty concupiscence, which is precisely why we need salvation. When the waves of trepidation darken my senses and soul with that gripping terror and the enemy seeks to destroy my inner tranquility, I recall the sleeping Jesus in the boat of my heart and rest along with Him until the current storm washes over us and the waves recede once again. Photo by Navi - www.unsplash.com 8 Lulju - Settembru 2022 hajja