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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE EXPERIENCE OF ETERNITY \nFrom “Christian at the Crossroads” by Fr Karl Rahner \n◊◊◊ \nIn every human life not confined to the visible and tangible or totally \nabsorbed in the needs of the moment\, but lived in the Spirit\, there are moments \nand events in which our whole existence comes into play\, in which we are \nbrought up against our life in its entirety\, in which the meaning and fulfillment \nor failure of that life is weighed in the balance: perhaps when we make a \ncommitment to selfless love\, or reach out in yearning and hope for the fulfill- \nment of our life\, or are threatened in the depths of our existence. At those \nmoments attitudes are formed and decisions taken not wholly or rationally \nexplicable in purely inner-worldly terms and without an ultimate grounding in \nthe solely here and now; the presence and efficacy of the Spirit is sought – and \nperhaps also discovered – in a more reflexive way. \nHave we ever been silent although we wished to defend ourselves\, \nalthough we were treated with less than justice? Did we ever forgive although we \ngot no thanks for it and our silent pardon was taken for granted? Did we once \nobey not because we had to or would otherwise have suffered unpleasant \nconsequences\, but merely because of that mysterious\, speechless\, \nincomprehensible force we call God and God’s will? Have we ever made a \nsacrifice without thanks\, acknowledgment or even sentiments of inner peace? \nHave we ever been thoroughly lonely? Have we had to take a decision purely on \nthe verdict of our conscience\, when we cannot tell anybody or explain to \nanybody\, when we are quite alone and know we are making a decision no one \ncan make for us and for which we shall be responsible to eternity? Have we ever \ntried to love God when no wave of heartfelt enthusiasm sustains us\, when we \ncannot exchange ourselves and life’s pressures with God\, when we think we are \ndying of such love\, when it feels like death and absolute negation\, when we seem \nto be summoned into the void and wholly unheard-of\, when everything is \napparently becoming incomprehensible and seemingly meaningless?… And so \non. \nWe can all perhaps see ourselves in such life experiences\, or think of our \nown similar ones. If we can\, then we have had the spiritual experience referred \nto here: the experience of eternity\, the experience that spirit is more than a piece \nof this temporal world\, the experience that the meaning of being human is not \nexhausted in the meaning and happiness of this world\, the experience of risk \nand venturesome trust which has no provable justification deducible from mere \nworldly success\, in short and finally: the experience of God\, the experience of \nthe descent of the Holy Spirit which became a reality in Christ through his \nincarnation and his sacrifice on the cross.
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