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I often hear people say ‘I need my space’. What is that?
It sounds simple, but it is deeply mysterious. A cup is not useful without
inside space, nor is a bottle, or a house. A human being is described as
someone with a space inside and God is that space. Breathing I think is a
kind of reminder.
Etty Hillesum, a young journalist, died in Auschwitz
concentration camp. Her religion was ‘a voice’ in her heart. She volunteered
to go on the death train to be with her people. Her diaries were found. She
tells that her heart is like a well. Sometimes the well is blocked with
grit and stones, but deep inside the well is God too.
This, I think, is what Jesus is telling today, speaking about
‘the within’ in our human hearts. The ‘within‘ makes and shapes us. There
is God’s being .. Sometimes, like Etty, this space, or being, can be
cluttered by selfish thoughts, hurtful ways, but deeper is the being
presence of God that we can call and rely on. There is a depth of kindness
to be found and expressed in concern for the widow and orphan, the strength
to peace make at home and abroad. All are within God, all sinners, all
saints and all sorts.
Liam
Hickey St. Ciarans Hartstown Dublin 15.
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