Silent Time

Are you patient with others?

On a typical day of your life – what are mainly your concerns and your thoughts?

Do you mainly think about the things that you miss, that you lack in life?

It is good to take on the challenges and to pray for those things that can be improved.

But let’s also give thanks for the good things. In everybody’s life, even if it seems to be too miserable, there are at least a few things that are good. It is a good practice to find each day a few things to give thanks to God. And to give praise to the merciful Lord for who he is.

What do you think about your own body?

Many people do not like their body, perceiving it as too fat or in other negative ways.

Others try to live a more healthy lifestyle to get free of sicknesses.

The ultimate freedom is found in the good news. In his mercy, the eternal God invites everyone individually to make our body his temple that is more than just the sum of atoms and molecules.

It is good for the heart to be strengthened!

What do you exercise and train or practice for?

Many go to the gym for workout. Others go for other sports and practice to play a music instrument.

Hardly anybody practices to listen to the guidance of the holy Lord. Yet that is ultimately the most important matter.

How much is it worth?

How much value do you assign to the kingdom of God?

We easily tend to compromise the guidance of the holy Lord when confronted with the expectations of others and the standards of this world.

Blessed are those who take the right decisions when it matters.

Whether we go through good or through bad times, at any moment we can pray and turn to the Lord.

The holy communion can help to remind us of the greatest, most important message of redemption that can be found in the good news.

With our human mind we cannot understand several aspects of resurrection.

Blessed are those who do not see yet but already believe.

Whose joy is authentic?

Throughout pleasant and unpleasant times, in the almighty, merciful Lord, we can find “joy like in harvest time”.

When it matters, what would you be willing to give up? What would you not be ready to give up? What is most valuable to you?

God wants to bless us and to enjoy life, but at times we might be requested to give up a few matters, for example if those things became too important in our lives. How do you react?

We can learn from Abraham, who – despite his human shortcomings – put his trust into the almighty Lord, even in extreme situations.

Praise the Lord, if we are spared such extreme situations. But whether we go through easy or through difficult phases of life, let’s put the holy eternal God to be number 1 in life above everything else.