August 9, 2020
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Be still and know that I am God. Silence is sacred. Silence speaks the language of the soul and is the foundation of all life and eternity itself. Silence takes us beyond the limits of our minds and allows us to seek and to love the essence of all love, perfect love, and being. In silence, we can be non-verbally present to things and to God in ways that words cannot accomplish. We can discover, encounter, and be present to truths that our minds struggle to conceive and then set aside the boxes we put around things when comprehending them is challenging. We can know the unknowable and touch eternity when we encounter the core silence in our souls.
We can do this even on a noisy street and in the midst of the greatest distraction. Once we have made friends with silence, the rambling noise of the world no longer seems to matter, and we can carry a deep forgiving peace within us, even when physical silence cannot be found. We know that we are loved, cared for, sustained, nourished, embraced, and carried. There is nothing to fear in silence, and I can be present to myself in the same way that God is present to me. I can see myself as God sees me. All of my faults, weaknesses, imperfections, failings, and sinfulness melt away in the abundance of God’s mercy. All of the worldly things we see as being important no longer are.
It is in silence that all of the barriers that divide us disappear. There is no more “yours” and “mine” but only the oneness of “ours.” There is no longer a need to “figure things out,” and we tap into our desire to simply let things be. Silence is creative and powerful and gives us hope. Silence is God’s greatest blessing. God became one with humanity in silence. It allows us to be one with all of creation, with the moon and the stars and all of the creatures God has made. The smallest particle of creation radiates with beauty. Silence allows us to soar beyond ourselves and connect in ways that the mind can only imagine. When all is quiet, we begin to see that it is only our fear that keeps us from the Lord. It is our fear that causes us to sink and to fail. We can hear the gentle whisper that tells us to reach for God’s hand. We discover that we yearn for the salvation and wholeness that only God can give to us. Be still my soul and be at peace.
©LPi
MEDITACIÓN EVANGÉLICO
9 de agosto de 2020
19º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
Ojalá, que como Pedro deseemos pedirle al Señor que nos mande a caminar sobre las aguas. En las situaciones difíciles de enfermedad, pérdida de trabajo, falta de vivienda y muerte de seres queridos, sepamos correr el riesgo de buscar a Dios a ejemplo de Pedro. Pero, sin dudar, sino con una confianza firme. Nuestra vida está en manos de Dios, dice mucha gente y hasta nosotros lo decimos continuamente. En otras palabras, aceptar la voluntad de Dios, que sea lo que Dios quiera, Dios no nos abandona, y en fin tantas palabras muchas veces vanas porque a las primeras de cambio, nos hundimos y perdemos la fe. En el fondo, como Pedro, confiamos más en nuestras fuerzas que en la misericordia de Dios.
Cada quien trae su propio costal y sabe lo que contiene, sus propias tempestades y altas olas que lo desubican y que le impiden confiar en Jesús. Hoy, el Evangelio nos pide confianza y la seguridad de dejarnos tomar de la mano de Jesús. Dios, es suave confianza e intimidad segura. Santa Teresa de Ávila lo asegura en la siguiente oración. “Nada te turbe, nada te espante. Todo se pasa, Dios no se muda. La paciencia todo lo alcanza; quien a Dios tiene nada le falta: sólo Dios basta”. El Señor nos dice que no tengamos miedo, que como Pedro o cualquier discípulo de su tiempo y de este tiempo, Él extenderá su mano y nos sujetará ante la tempestad. Sólo se pide fidelidad y confianza. Hagamos la prueba y veremos la misericordia del Señor. No perdamos de vista al que camina sobre las aguas y nos pide que vayamos a su encuentro. Él tiene el poder de hacer cosas nunca vistas en todos los que creen.
©LPi