The image of the hind longing for running waters (Ps 42: 2) has appealed to Seekers for centuries. No one has been exempt from the need to drink refreshing water, and certainly our souls thirst in the same needy way for God. We may not always sense that it is God we long for; it may simply be rest from the "rat race", a short break from our daily routine, or a long vacation "away from it all" on the surface, but what really it is God alone who fully satisfies our thirst and for whom we are truly longing. "Athirst is my soul for God, the living God, When shall I go and see the face of God?" (Ps 42: 3). Pilgrims on the way to the Temple in Jerusalem sang this song, and we in our own hearts, sitting for a few moments during Mass or simple in a chair at home, have that same desire. Besides the obvious need to escape from those constantly besieging us, our souls cannot continue for long without contact with their Creator, who longs as much as we for contact with us. Let us take some time today to slake this mutual thirst, so that with the Psalmist we can proceed refreshed and with confidence: "Send forth your light and your fidelity;/ they shall lead me on./And bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling-place." (Ps 43:3).
Bro. Rene
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