For God to dwell in us, we need to listen to him; we must allow his Word to challenge us every day, meditating upon it in our hearts after the example of Mary (cf. Lk 2:51). In this way we grow in friendship with him, we learn to understand what he expects from us and we are encouraged to make him known to others.
Pope Benedict XVI, March 25, 2012
God dwell in us
St Paul once said, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?"
We are not our own. We moved because God moved us first. We loved because God loved us first.
Allowing Him to challenge us
Let us meditate on verses that we encounter today. Mine would be, "There is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
In this verse I see the God who wants me to be the repentant sinner. I know that I am not perfect. I need to seek His will through out my day to day mundanity. That is the way we grow in friendship with Christ. We learn to understand God's quirk. We know what his likes (virtues) and dislikes (sins). And knowing means loving. If we have the best person in the world to be in our hearts, why wouldn't we want to share it with others?
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