This moment is the most precious moment of your life. Only in this moment can God be found. He lives in His present moment. If this moment is sacred for Him, it is also sacred for you.
Who exists in the PAST and the FUTURE? We all try to sometimes. Is this good? No -- Absolutely not.
It is good to recall the PAST into your present moment to see how those past moments effect this present one. For example, it is good for a husband and wife to recall their wedding day and bring that then present moment into their now present moment to impact this moment as we do remember our birthdays. We celebrate our past birthday always in the present moment of each new year. So, husband and wives should recall their vows and renew them in the present moment by the fidelity to each other in this present moment that is so sacred. Actually their celebration of the marriage birth day is on their anniversy but actually is renewed everytime they come together as husband and wife in the present moment that is enriched by their history of past "present moments" of marital union. Even if these past "present moments" are not recalled consciously, these past "present moments" are nontheless recalled in their bodies and subconscious memory that effects their present marital bliss. When we look at an adult, you do not see the child they once were...but those past moments are all collected in them. Otherwise, they would have to have been created as an adult and not born. We are now a collection of integrated past "present moments" into the whole of who we are in THIS present moment.
The FUTURE also cannot be lived in during this present moment. We can use this moment to plan for future moments. But this planning is in the now. There is absolutely no ontological living in the past or future. The past is left to God's mercy. The future is left to God's Providence.
If a person were to try to live in the past and future. that person steps out of the "present moment" into a delusion. Any person who has ever committed suicide, has done so because he or she has stepped out of the present moment into an imagined horrible past or horrible future where God does not exist in their lives. They are going to live in the past and future alone and isolated from time and reality. Of course, then, they cannot take the past and the future and step not only out of the present sacred moment where God lives but they step out into the space of the past and future where no one lives. They then step out of time emotionally and if carryout their suicide, they step out of time completely by ceasing to be alive. But then the next moment after suicide, they are confronted with the present eternal moment. God is in that present moment. "OUt of the Body; PRESENT to the Lord!" They wisll be in Godis Present Presence. God is a God of love and mercy...and only God knows the heart of the person who stands now before Him. He will be hurt that this person did not trust in God's Providence for his/her future. He will be disappointed that his person just gave up on God and God's providing for his/her future -- thus reducing God while on earth to stay out of his/her "present moments." So tragically sad because God had great plands for happiness and peace and joy for this person on this earth...as a preparation for heaven. We are placed here on this earth to learn to love one another: to clothe the naked, to feed to hungry, to visit the sick, to visit those in prison, to give shelter to the homeless so that Jesus will say to us: "I was naked, and you clothed Me; hungry and you fed Me; sick and your visted Me; in prison and you visited Me; homeless and you too Me in." And we will say, "When Lord did we do this for you?" And Jesus will answer: "As long as you did it for the least of my brethren, you did it for Me...Enter into my Father's Kingdom.." Notice when Jesus tells this to us, He will be using the Present tense of Enter! That will be quite a wondrous Present Eternal Moment!
How can this happened for us? Only one way: STAY in the PRESENT MOMENT and use it WELL.
How can we use this present moment well? Jesus said: "Love one another as I love you."
If our "present moment" is filled with love for one another, the we are now "entering into the Kingdom of God!"
"Father, thank You for this "present sacred moment" where You alone can be found. You only give us the oil of Your grace for only this present moment and not for any future maybe moments. Keep me, Father, in this present moment and never let me go into the past or future where you are not accessible or present to me.
"Keep all of us in the "Now of Your Now!" Keep us in Your "I AM" - safe in Your arms - now and for all eternity amen. ..so we can say with the Psalmist: "With You, Father, we are and shall always be!"
"You see us all now, Father, with You forever. You see our whole time here and all our etenity as one "present eternal moment with You. No wonder You love us so much! No wonder You took Enoch the way You did. In Your eyes he was only in one eternal present moment with You. You just could not help Yourself to just embrace him to Your bosom forever...which you will do for all of us: you who are reading this in your "present sacred moment" and for me who am writing to you in my present sacred moment. Our moments meet in each others' and in God's: all are one loving present sacred moment - now and eternally.
"Amen. In Jesus Name we pray...throught Mary..Amen".
Peace and Love,
Pio
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