One day a friend and I exchanged glasses. How strange everything looked! What a relief to get mine back. When I wear them, my world works; without them everything blurs.It's not so easy to put on and off the lenses Jesus talks about. How do we see properly, rather than through the lenses of fear, shame, defensiveness: the many things that fill us with darkness?
The best answer is prayer. Without time for prayer, we're apt to be misled by our own egos. The first time I entered a silent retreat, I was amazed to discover anger. A little later, amazed still to realize the anger wasn't "out there", somebody else's doing. It was within me! I'd been in the darkness of self-ignorance. Through the lenses of prayer, I what I was carrying, and so came a few steps closer to being freed of Lord! Heal my inner vision, that I might be filled with you.
The best answer is prayer. Without time for prayer, we're apt to be misled by our own egos. The first time I entered a silent retreat, I was amazed to discover anger. A little later, amazed still to realize the anger wasn't "out there", somebody else's doing. It was within me! I'd been in the darkness of self-ignorance. Through the lenses of prayer, I what I was carrying, and so came a few steps closer to being freed of Lord! Heal my inner vision, that I might be filled with you.
Mary Marrocco
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