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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 43 - Monday, April 27, 2020

“Do You See God?”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Do you see God? Normally we would say no! We do not see God! God is
invisible! But the wind is invisible too. Even the coronavirus is invisible. And
yet we know that the wind is there through its effects, we know that the
coronavirus is there through its effects. So we can through the effects of a
reality, see that reality.

Have you experienced, in the last few weeks, a lasting peace? A peace that
stays with you. A peace in your soul, in your heart, in your mind, in your body.
A peace that dwells in you and that stays with you, despite the uncertainties,
despite the unknown, despite perhaps the danger of losing a job, perhaps
despite the hardship of illness. Perhaps despite the threat of losing a loved
one. Have you experienced a peace that remains? Not a peace that swings from
one day to the next or a feeling that one day you are pessimistic, one day you
are optimistic, but a peace that lasts? A peace in the soul that remains and that
perhaps even astonishes us!

In the face of the unknown, of adversity, one wonders where this peace
comes from. Of course it is a gift from the Lord! It is a fruit of the love of Jesus
Christ in you, it is a fruit of the resurrection!

The peace that dwells. Jesus Christ gives us his peace.

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 54