To Be With Christ
"Above everything else St. Francis desired "to be gone and to be with Christ" (Ph l:23). That was why he was so concerned with freeing himself from every worldly care: lest his peace of mind be disturbed by the taint of what was mere dust. He made himself insensible to external noise and controlled his external senses and desires so that he could live absorbed in God alone." --Celano, First Life, 71
This is what we must do, as well, if we do not want to be lured away from what is most important. Too often the "good" can lead us away from the "best". We must never settle for anything less than God Himself.
"Above everything else St. Francis desired "to be gone and to be with Christ" (Ph l:23). That was why he was so concerned with freeing himself from every worldly care: lest his peace of mind be disturbed by the taint of what was mere dust. He made himself insensible to external noise and controlled his external senses and desires so that he could live absorbed in God alone." --Celano, First Life, 71
This is what we must do, as well, if we do not want to be lured away from what is most important. Too often the "good" can lead us away from the "best". We must never settle for anything less than God Himself.
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