And so, New Year begins! Happy New Year! At least for the Church, it’s New Year. When the calendar year begins on January 1, we see a lot of chaos. There is a lot of noise and clatter, fireworks, blowing whistles, sounding horns, shouting the count-down and throwing confetti. It’s like we are symbolically obliterating the old so we can start with a new, fresh beginning.
We are presented with the opportunity to look at our spiritual side, our spiritual life. How do I know if I am a spiritual person or not? A spiritual writer provides some clues:
First, you have a capacity for transcendence. Simply put, it means you are aware that there’s something more than meets the eye. Many say life has no meaning, no purpose. What you see is what you get. Period.
The spiritual person sniffs hidden presence. They sense something in every flower, in beauty, in art, in friendship, in kindness, in something that hints that there is something more to life. Many a convert become so because, although they were successful in their careers, they felt that there was something missing and they felt a mystery beckoning them.
The spiritual person has a sense of vocation. They tend to see work not as a job, but as calling. Spiritual people feel that they are a part of a higher purpose, that their life, however unfamous, counts, that they were put here for a reason. They have a purpose-driven life.
Cardinal John Henry Newman wrote:
God has created me to do him some definite service.
He has committed some work to me
Which he has not committed to another.
I have my mission…
I am a link in a chain,
A bond of connection between persons.
He has not created me for naught;
I shall do good – I shall do his work;
I shall be an angel of peace,
A preacher of truth in my own place.
Be a spiritual person, a person of hope with a purpose. Happy New Year!
God bless! Have a wonderful week!