A Cure for Loneliness

In the midst of my seemingly never-ending work, often reading and writing even until the wee hours of the night or the first hours of dawn…in the hectic schedule of meetings and speaking engagements…in the noisy company of strangers and the anonymous mass of people…in the home where a hundred blushing roses, daisies, lilies and carnations surround me constantly with someone’s tender thoughts…yes, even, in the warmth of such a gentle embrace given with so much love from a special person I now share these joyous days with…there is a loneliness…a need for something more, a need for true peace of mind and heart…a searching for the threshold where only God can come in and take over my life and breathe His goodness to calm my restless soul.

We cannot find God with our minds, for it is a labyrinth with many avenues of deception. We must turn to Jesus with our hearts…feel Him, Love Him, obey Him, be faithful to Him…

This is what our spirit searches for. I said this many times before. Whatever seems lacking in our lives, in our relationships, in our work…will only be filled up by our loving God more… That is the ONLY way we can be relieved of loneliness – the loneliness that comes especially at the busiest and most intense moments of our day. I don’t know if any of you have ever gone through this experience, but I am sharing it with you, nonetheless, because over the past days, I have been at a plateau where the pressure of circumstances and events outside my control has taken hold of my inability to act this way or that. Checkmated, so to speak, and I don’t have any pieces left to risk pushing further in order to win the game.

Turn to God. He, who has never left my side. He, who knows exactly what is good for me. He, who loves absolutely and with no conditions. He, who made me in His image. Turn to God, our best friend, our constant companion, our strength, our guide, our Savior. And through the intercession of Mama Mary, pray for the wisdom to see the divine presence of Our Lord, and Master, in everything that we do, we are, and we believe in. Be with me in this voyage. Be with me in adoration. Be with me in the offering of our daily labor, our intimate love, our talents, our sorrows, our pleasures and all that we hold sacred, precious, and worthy…for the salvation of our souls and the forgiveness of our sins.