Echoes

You wonder why the answer is unclear

And I say:

Because you are learning.

You are learning to be yourself, fully alive;

And that answer can only be found here, in front of the monstrance.

Look at Me.

One size doesn’t fit all.

You are not, and will never be, anyone else

You are unique, My own sweet child.

And I want you for My own,

But the expression of that isn’t going to be predictable.

You underestimate the power of free will to reveal My love for you.

Of course you hear My voice in the cry of the poor

and in the wonders of mother nature.

Of course you are attracted to studying every subject

Of course you hear Me call you both though religious life

and through marriage;

You hear me call you even through these single years;

Because I have made everything in this world to cry out your name.

And I am giving you ears to hear

and to fall eternally in love with the God

who first spoke that name.

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come”

I desire you, my own child

Not as a nun

Or as a wife

But as a created soul whose one decision

is to be in communion with Love

or not to be.

I do call you to everything

because I AM everything

and I call you to myself.

Choose All.

Choose the God who is bigger than petty temporal decisions

Choose to be contained by what you can never contain yourself

Abide however you will

but abide in Me.

Orient yourself towards the real goal,

turning aside from every transitory decision.

These decisions you will make, My darling,

but the only way you can fail to follow My will on earth

is by walking away from Me in fear.

Let go

Not of a particular option

But of your slavery to choice itself.

This Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.”

You need never “figure out” My will for your life:

It is very near to you already,

something already in your heart, and on your lips, and in your hands.

Only one thing is needful

And it’s not about you

Because My will for you is Me:

Love.

Receive your free will;

Receive mercy

Receive Bethlehem,

and Calvary,

and the Kingdom of Heaven

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.”

Be free from slavery,

and choose life to the full

in Love’s embrace.

You wonder why the answer is unclear

And I say:

Because I myself am the answer.