I am sure many of you have heard or experienced this saying ‘If you want to improve your tennis game, play with someone who is more experienced.’ The same holds true with our faith life: to improve it, challenge it, and help it to grow, you need to share with others who are also developing their faith.
With that in mind I would like to share with you some of the thoughts that Fr. Samson, a priest visiting Sts. Philip & James Parish in Wading River, NY from Nigeria, shared with us during our faith sharing this past Wednesday, reflecting on the book Holy Moments by Matthew Kelly.
“On page 23 of his book ‘Holy Moments’, Kelly defines Holy Moments. He couches it thus: A Holy moment is a single moment in which you open yourself to God You make yourself available to Him. You set aside personal preferences and self-interest, and for one moment you do what you prayerfully believe God is calling you to do.
“From this definition it is presented to be taken and believed that Holy Moments must be occasions or occurrences not devoid of the recognition of the active involvement of God. …God is, in faith, viewed to be critically in the center of the ensuing/emerging moment. God functions as the pull and organizer of the experiences we are calling Holy Moments. … the realization of the reality of God’s sustained presence is akin to what Kelly identifies as that moment of awakening, the moment of a deeper awareness and enlightenment about the presence and continued work of God in and around us, in our life and experiences.
“A Holy Moment wherein God is perceived in faith to be in and around us can serve to becomes a great tool of inner control and effective spiritual guide. That is, serve as a rudder properly navigating between what is right and wrong, what is moral or immoral. All of this, therefore, can transmute into a veritable resource for not just meaningful spiritual life experience but seeking and maintaining an integrated lifestyle.
“May God grant us the grace to recognize and own holy moments that may occur in our lives and use them as a veritable resource to not only live better and holier but achieve a well ordered and integrated self.”
Thank you, Fr. Samson, you have certainly given us much to reflect on during this upcoming week. For those of you who may not be familiar with this book, it is truly worth the read and can be purchased through Dynamic Catholic. May your week be filled with many Holy Moments.
Till next week,
