In Book 1, Chapter 1 of The Confessions, St. Augustine writes his famous phrase, "...for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee." However, it often takes us a long time to identify the cause of our restlessness and who it is we are longing for. And even when we have discovered that it is God, our fickle hearts have a hard time believing that it is true and so we go off vainly seeking to fill that longing with the goods of this world which can never satisfy and fill "the deep caverns of feeling" that St. John of the Cross writes about in Stanza 3 of his poem, The Living Flame of Love, and his explanations thereof. We also try to cover over those caverns and live superficially.
These are thoughts of St. Augustine and St. John of the Cross of which I am merely a grateful recipient and which I combine and share with you as one who is connecting the dots as I sojourn through life with the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
These are thoughts of St. Augustine and St. John of the Cross of which I am merely a grateful recipient and which I combine and share with you as one who is connecting the dots as I sojourn through life with the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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