Saturday, October 24, 2015

What do you want me to do for you? (Fr. James Martin)

  Holy desires are different than surface wants, like, I want a new car or I want a new computer… I'm talking about our deepest desires, the ones that shape our lives:  desires that help us to know who we are to become and what we are to do. Our deep desires help us to know God's desires for us, and how much God desires to be with us. And God, I believe, encourages us to notice and name these desires, in the same way that Jesus encouraged Bartimaeus to articulate his desire. Recognizing our desires means recognizing God's desires for us.

--Fr. James Martin, The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything
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