Matthew 6:34- Today Has Cares Of Its Own
By: Eric Gajewski
There are many concerns we have
these days not only for our own soul but for our own families. Many still have friends and families living a
life of sin without any intent of conversion and still others who have parted
ways with the Catholic Faith altogether for a worldly life. There are many things we could be worried
about daily but ought we? What did Our Lord
tell us in relation to us trying to look to far ahead? He has stated that we will have enough of a
battle this day therefore do not look so far ahead to where you ultimately give
in to fear, doubt and worry. This is not
what Christ desires of us (to worry and doubt). There is a
lot of work to be done today therefore control what you can control wilst
handing over your whole will to God.
Tomorrow may never come and we can certainly not add another minute to
our life if we are living in worry.
Special Message: Get Back In The Race!
God provides even for the
birds. And how much more are you than they? If God sustain the birds of the air than He
can certainly sustain us. Take a look at
some of the mystics in the Church such as Marie Julie and Bl. Emmerick who
survived (many years) on just the Eucharist alone.
Yes, I know what you will argue you are not either of those two but I will
argue back why not? Are you even
striving for holiness? Are you striving to
be a close friend of God or a close friend of this world? In the times ahead the Food by which will
sustain us is Faith. Faith will drive us to is Sacred Heart. his Sacred Heart rests in the tabernacle. Only Faith will
survive in the end the Blessed Virgin Mary said emphatically at LaSalette
therefore prepare prudently but do not overthink. Do not worry nor doubt in God’s
provision. I often remind the escorts
and prostitutes of this when I contact them.
They tell me they escort because God is not “acting”. Is this really the case? Or have they not yet united their hearts to
God wholly? Is God not acting or are
they not conceding? How often do we tell
God we have a better plan for our lives than the one He has ordained for
us? Why do we persist in such a
rebellious fashion? The answer I think
is mainly due to the fear of us having to have to suffer. In our human nature we are always looking for
the easy way out and yet this is not what the Cross whispers to us this day.
Let
not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. We turn on the TV and see the way the world
is going and this is a problem. We are
spending too much time in thinking what will happen tomorrow when we are not
focusing on this day. Today you have
Jesus and thus are you saying Jesus will not be with you tomorrow? The One who has said I will be with you even
until the end has reassured us and yet will still doubt like Thomas. What is troubling is not necessarily what is
going on in the world because Our Lord said these things must happen. The problem is that we spend too much time making
this world our world. Men and women have
largely abandoned prayer and the interior way and latch on to any earthly thing
they can find. This weighs down the
heart like an anchor of life's sea and only the Lord has the Remedy.
The Remedy is His Sacred Heart Whose Yoke is light. Yet we go from day to day living as hard
boiled eggs because we refuse to live the Way of Selfless Love.
Opportunities
missed. As a part of your examination of
conscience be sure to include those missed opportunities to advance in
Faith. For if you do not believe in God
in little things how will you expect to have Faith in Him in the greater things. This perhaps is a poor example but I did end
up watching the super bowl. I still
follow the Patriots and their model of “do your job”. I believe we can carry this over into our
spiritual lives. If we all did our job
and stayed in a state of grace, prayed regularly and put our Faith into
practice on a regular basis we truly could become “mvp’s” of heaven. We can become Saints yet so many refuse to
even believe they can be. During this
game it seemed over as the Patriots were down 28-3 yet some of the players were
recorded as saying “we gotta believe”.
Or they were saying ahead of the fact that “this would be the greatest
comeback ever”. This was just a silly
football game but imagine if we said he same things to God in our prayer
life? Yes, I know things look bad but I
believe and then act as if the intended outcome already occurred? Now, granted, God is never going to allow
things to happen which would not benefit our salvation and so only He can
decide how events “go down” but nevertheless I think the points are fair. If football players can have enough faith in
each other to win a dumb game then ought we not have Faith in God to help us in
our own daily lives? How will you react
when the Great Storm comes and right now you complain when there is a little
rain in your life? You are not doing so
well now and you think your heart will be ready then? Therefore, do not let the opportunities pass
you by today in which you say ‘I believe”.
What
you care about might not be for your soul’s benefit. Often times we pray for things which
sometimes seem okay to pray for but in reality they stem from self. This is why in all things we must pray for
what God Wills for our life rather than what we want. When there truly is no care (in a healthy
sense) there truly is peace. We must be detached from all things if we are to arrive at the spiritual marriage with our Beloved. God is our
everything and if we have Him then it really doesn’t matter to what degree that
God adds unto us in regards to “things”.
In my previous life I had many things and smiled often but I was a moral
monster. I had no need to pray because I
thought I had everything I needed …that is…until God started taking everything
away from me. This included my house,
finances, girlfriend and health all at once.
Talk about being “put on my back”.
Talk about having to detach very quickly from things. If it were not for God’s grace I would have
died physically but mystically I did. The emotional roller coaster ride had taken a toll on me physically, emotionally
and obviously spiritually. I was “forced”
to go in once again and attempt to find God.
The Cross pressed down hard on me. What God is concerned about is your salvation first and foremost and if
He has to take everything away from you all at once to show you this within
then He will. The process of detachment
is painful. Every eagle will be pushed
off the cliff by the Mama and will have to take a few hard falls before learning to keep his
wings spread in Faith and Hope on the way down.
If we keep them closed then God cannot use us.
The
worst prison of all. Mental affliction
is no joke. Looking back on where I came
from I truly experienced and suffered a lot which is why I pray for those who
are mentally afflicted daily. However,
we are our own worst enemies. Because we
are so attached to things we suffer having these things taken from us. This is not God’s fault it is our own. Heaven is not a place to worship things it is
a place of pure freedom in God. It is a
place where He is and this is enough. He
is the reward not your ebates rebates check nor points accumulated for your
next free hotel stay. He is our End and
if we are not praying constantly to stay engaged with our End than assuredly we
will lose our way. Based upon this
reality now take a look around at our society today and ask if the majority of
people have strong prayer lives? We are
stupid foolish sinners who constantly are sucked into the false light of the
dark dungeon of doubt we create. We
build our own cell on fear and lock our own selves inside. It is not God’s fault that you do not get
what you want. No, it is rather your
fault for not loving God Himself and His Will.
The prison cell of self is lonely but luckily we have Our Lady who comes
with the Key and opens the door to lead you to Her Son our Eternal End. Yea, in
the end, today has enough cares of its own but the problem is that we care
about things that we shouldn’t and not enough time spent dwelling upon the Will
of God and what He asks of us.
Fr Cooper, SSPX: In the End Few will have the true Catholic Faith
