The whole world is either symbolic (images & ideas that are throwing life together) or diabolic (pulling life apart).
It is the color of what we trust most, love most, focus our gaze on most that dyes our soul. The dye of our soul colors our world.
If you could be one of the two, what would you rather be at the end of your life: proud of what you've done or grateful for what you have been given?
Reality is a cosmic drama of divine revelation and human response.
We need to accept ourselves as revelations of God to us.
All of reality is either a temple or a tomb.
I know the music I like.
You like the music you know.
The enjoyment of every created good is an enjoyment of heaven.
God is always speaking to us.
Reality is sacred, always speaking to us.
If you receive something as a gift, you trust and hope and live in the one who gave it to you.
Joy is the response to the possession of the good.
The Bible gives us a reason to do things with a creative endeavor because all these things are sacred.
Comments from Fr. Vince, S.J. at a retreat at Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat Home.