Day 11

In today's reflection, we read how St. Thomas Aquinas examines, "The Great Circle of Being." He observes how when we are in good order all things return to where they came forth from. Being Lent, the humble cross of Ashes placed upon our forehead surfaces - You are Dust. I can't helping thinking again of the infant I hold in my arms at night. If I smile, he smiles. He giggles. He could spend all day staring into my eyes or gazing upon the wonder of a fan blade circling about his head. He is baptized, free from original sin. Nothing in his little life has been tainted by disordered desires that drive our sin and separate us from God. I'm sure he even gazes upon the face of God, the hosts of angels, and the his guardian is present to him.

We journey through life. We are tested in our vocations - our marriages, our children test us they grow, time tests us, balancing our jobs with life demands is a challenge. We daily fail tests that might turn us for a moment away from that which are to return. If we are faithful to our prayer life, God in His love gets us back on track. I see it much like the DNA helix that Miss Truchan's class produced from an onion. It is a long spiritual spiral extending down through eternity. The students wrote that DNA is how God made us each unique - one child's response pointed out that our DNA marks us each a miracle. I may have to come back to this post and enter in some of their reflections. If DNA is the physical representation of our body, so must their be a spiritual realm. Some of the loops may be larger than others at those times we stray and wander - but thanks be to God - we turn back.

Lord, help me always to LISTEN to Your voice and turn back. Do not allow disordered desires stemming from our cultural influence (individualism, relativism, hedonism) that yield not the the fruits of the Holy Spirit, but fruits of greed, overtake me.

Save me O Lord.

Through Mary make my spiritual DNA a small and refined helix that is on the  most direct path to you and your Son in heaven.