05/06/2023 – Chapter 26 fellowship – “Duties” // “The present moment is a ‘sacrament’, so we all have to be catchers, catching whatever ball of Himself God throws at us.”
Peter Kreeft sums up this short chapter with a quote from De Caussade: “we have two duties to fulfill: we must actively seek to carry God’s will into effect and passively accept all that his will sends us” (p 73). That’s all. That’s it.”
Mary’s Magnificat – Her song and answer to the angel Gabriel – Luke 1: 46-55:
Let’s look at Peter’s last paragraph in the chapter:
“Receiving is an activity. Mary’s ‘Let it be to me according to your word’ was the most active act in human history. She was so active in catching the ball God threw at her that she became the greatest woman in history. Because the ball God threw at her was Himself. And in a different way, a less physical way, but a real way, all of us have to be Mary: we all have to be catchers, have to catch whatever ball of himself God throws at us. Because every time God sends us something, every time God wills something for us, that thing is, in a sense, His will, and therefore, in a sense, Himself. He’s throwing us a ball of Himself every moment. That’s why de Caussade calls the present moment a ‘sacrament’.”
Soli Deo Gloria!