October 17, 2022 Reflection – Be Joyful Seekers of God!

Be Joyful Seekers of God!

October 17, 2022

Dear Family of Mary!

Here is the September 25, 2022 message again!

September 25, 2022 “Dear children! Pray that the Holy Spirit may enlighten you that you be joyful seekers of God and witnesses of love without bounds. I am with you, little children, and, anew, I am calling all of you: take courage and bear witness to the good works that God is doing in and through you. Be joyful in God. Do good to your neighbor so that it will be good for you on earth and pray for peace, which is threatened because Satan wants war and peacelessness. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

“Pray that the Holy Spirit may enlighten you that you be joyful seekers of God…”

Our Lady calls us to be “Joyful seekers of God…” Seeking God is so necessary. We have that gnawing feeling in our hearts that tells us that we are missing something, hungry for something in our souls, something we need very much.  That something is our God.

But we live in a world that has been divided from God through original sin. We failed in our first relationship with Him. As much as He loves us, He has banished us from the Garden, and we wander in a world bereft of His presence. Our hearts yearn for Him. Even if we don’t realize it yet. But we are seekers, from the time we are born. Seekers of a home we know exists somewhere. This is the longing for God.

Our Lady knows that we feel this way.  She knows our loneliness for God. And so she tells us to ask the Holy Spirit to give us Light!  Show us how to be seekers of God, but not just seekers, JOYFUL SEEKERS!!  She tells us it is possible to seek with such certitude that we seek in joy!! Wow!  When we know that our God is our Father, and that He wants us to come home, we can start searching for Him in joy!!  Like the Prodigal Son, we will find our Father who will embrace us!

St. Anselm wrote a beautiful prayer on seeking the Lord.  Let His words encourage us to be joyful seekers of God!

A Prayer by St. Anselm of Canterbury

O my God, teach my heart where and how to seek You,
where and how to find You.

You are my God and You are my all
and I have never seen You.

You have made me and remade me,
You have bestowed on me all the good things I possess,
Still I do not know You.

I have not yet done that for which I was made.

Teach me to seek You.

I cannot seek You unless You teach me
or find You unless You show Yourself to me.

Let me seek You in my desire,
let me desire You in my seeking.

Let me find You by loving You,
let me love You when I find You.
Amen

“Pray that the Holy Spirit may enlighten you that you be joyful seekers of God…”

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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