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In order to become a friend of God, the late Pope Emeritus recommends a few habits that are accessible and easy to put in place.
Far from the image some people have of a theologian disconnected from the realities of life, Benedict XVI had a very clear perception of the difficulties encountered in living daily in God’s presence.
In an Advent homily in 2009, he noted: “In our daily lives we all experience having little time for the Lord and also little time for ourselves. We end by being absorbed in ‘doing.’” Who hasn’t experienced periods when the number of things we have to do overwhelms us and we no longer have the time or the availability of mind for what’s truly essential?
What is essential?
Continued below.
aleteia.org
Far from the image some people have of a theologian disconnected from the realities of life, Benedict XVI had a very clear perception of the difficulties encountered in living daily in God’s presence.
In an Advent homily in 2009, he noted: “In our daily lives we all experience having little time for the Lord and also little time for ourselves. We end by being absorbed in ‘doing.’” Who hasn’t experienced periods when the number of things we have to do overwhelms us and we no longer have the time or the availability of mind for what’s truly essential?
What is essential?
Continued below.
Pope Benedict XVI’s very concrete advice for being a little holier every day
In order to become a friend of God, the late Pope Emeritus recommends a few habits that are accessible and easy to put in place.
aleteia.org
