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And Job said to Jahveh, I know that you are almighty; No project is unrealizable for you. I was the one who clouded the Council with meaningless reasons. Yes, I have spoken of greatness that I do not understand, of wonders that surpass me and that I ignore
Job 42:1-3
Lord, my heart is not ambitious, nor my eyes haughty.
I do not follow paths of greatness, nor do I claim prodigies that surpass me.
But I keep my soul in peace and silence, like the child in the mother’s arms. Like a weaned child I keep my soul.
I will always wait on the Lord, from now on and forever.
Psalm 131(130)
Dear friend, these texts express the attitude of simplicity and humility that we must adopt before God and in our daily lives. We must know that in God’s world everything is free, and nothing is deserved, but everything is received and accepted as a gift; That is, the rules of our world cannot be applied, in which the results are proportional to the efforts.
In these moments, be prepared in this favorable attitude of humility and simplicity, before God. Without trying to achieve anything. May your only effort be to be and remain consciously in his presence and open to his creative and transforming action that, although you do not perceive it sensitively, you firmly believe. May only faith and desire move you to remain in this attitude of humble prayer in his presence. Leave the rest in their hands without controlling, without forcing.
Slowly pray the following prayer:
Lord, once again, I am before your Mystery. I am constantly embraced by your Presence that is so often transformed into absence. I look for your Presence in the absence of your Presence. When I look at the immensity of the world, I am under the impression that many no longer have hope in You.
Even I make my own plans, I set my goals, and I lay the stones of a building that seems to have no other architect but myself.
Nowadays, we men are often, creatures who set our hopes in ourselves. Give me, Lord, the most profound conviction that I will destroy my future, if hope in You is not present.
Make me understand deeply that, in spite of the chaos of things around me, in spite of the nights that I must overcome in spite the fatigue of the weariness of my days, my future is in your hands. Make me see that the earth You show me on the horizon of my tomorrow will be more beautiful and better.
I lay my steps and my days into your Mystery for I know that your Son, my Brother, conquered despair and guaranteed me a new future because He has risen from death to life. Amen.
Prayer of Hope E-16
Now I suggest you go back, again, to Psalm 131 above, and do a prayer reading of this Psalm:
Pray it slowly and stop at the phrases that resonate with you the most. Repeat them, cradle them, within yourself, pausing to internalize the feeling they provoke in you.
In the end, stay with the one that you feel most identifies with you… Repeat it, making the pauses longer and longer… until you remain silent and in the presence of God, in total abandonment and gratuitousness… Expecting everything from Him, like a child who takes shelter in his mother’s arms…
I will always wait on my God…. I will always wait on my God….
End by listening to the meditative chant (S-38):
Now I no longer have any desire, but to love Jesus madly.
May the Lord bless you and keep you and give you peace.
Shalom