Pure Simplicity

Breathe in; breathe out.  What could be more simple?  Even fish with gills can do it. 

When The Creator of heaven and earth breathed His own breath into the human, He brought mankind into the life of the Trinity: one mind, one heart, one spirit, one truth.  No division: Three Persons, One Mind, One Heart, One Spirit/ Breath, One Truth.

That is where we live -- in the mind and heart and love and truth of the Three in One. 
Breathe in the mind and heart and love and truth of God.  Breathe out the Spirit and Truth and Love and Mind of God.

When we pray, we complicate, enumerate, list, and explain.  But "Thy Kingdom Come!" simplifies our prayer over every family, every friend, every situation.

I have written once before about a friend of mine who was known as an intercessor.  Everyone came to her for prayer.  She spent time in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, trying at first to recall all those she had promised to pray for.  But then, the Spirit revealed to her a secret: 

In the Old Testament, the priests went into the Holy of Holies wearing an "ephod," a breastplate.  Embedded in the breastplate were precious stones representing each one of the 12 tribes of Israel, calling each tribe to the remembrance of the Most High God.  When you come before me, I see inscribed on your heart each name, each situation for whom you have promised to pray.  You do not need to recall them by name before Me.

How simple, how pure is the Mind and the Spirit of God! When we pray, we can breathe in the Word, the Truth, the Mind that fashioned the universe and all that is in it.  We can breathe out His will, His Spirit on all whom we love:  Thy Kingdom Come; Thy Will be done!

To live in the heart of the Most High, the Most Holy, the dynamic Three-in-One as They live, breathe, love, and exchange Life is pure joy!  To bring those we love into that exchange is even greater joy!  To know He / They love what and who we love is to know His/Their kingdom will be established in the lives of our family and friends.  What could be more simple?  Breathe in; Breathe out!

Next post will be December 4.