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\"\"<\/a>The other day I wrote a post about how small an amount of time<\/a> I am committing to Our Lord. The number I came up with was shockingly small. Given the years I wandered in the wilderness, the number probably has a couple of more zeros to the right of the decimal point. But that is in the past.<\/div>\n

One fact about Our Lord is He doesn\u2019t keep bringing up the past and how much I neglected Him or, more accurately in my case, flat-out ignored Him. Now I think of Him constantly. Our reader Rose wrote that her spiritual director has suggested that she remember that Our Lord is only \u201can awareness <\/em>away.\u201d Allison suggested praying the LOTH<\/a> as another way to keep our Lord before us. I rely on these two tools daily.<\/p>\n

Webster wrote once about Brother Lawrence and his Practice of the Presence of God.<\/a> So simple, so easy that it is often overlooked to just think<\/em> of God. Brother Lawrence did so constantly and I have read of his practice<\/a> more than once during my walks to and from daily mass.<\/p>\n

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There is no known portrait of my friend Wu Li, SJ so I\u2019m going to have to make-do with this one. Just a portrait of a wise looking Chinese man is enough for my mind to bring Wu to life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A few days ago, I received my copy of Jonathan Chaves\u2019 book, Singing of the Source: Nature and God and the Poetry of Chinese Painter Wu Li.<\/a> I am so thankful that Chaves translated these beautiful poems for us all. This book belongs on every Catholic\u2019s bookshelf.<\/p>\n

The following poem in particular has had a profound impact on me. \u00a0It is from a series entitled Singing of the Source and Course of Holy Church. <\/em>These words speak of our Triune God as He is, and as He is in the Eucharist, and how thankful I feel when I partake of Communion with Him.<\/p>\n

Utterly transcendent, His wondrous essence
\nwas never limited to place;
\nto bring life to the teeming people
\nHe showed Himself, then hid.
\nEffortlessly, a single standard\u2014
\na new cake baked for us;
\nas before, the six directions have one supreme Lord.
\nIn the human realm, now we have
\na whole burnt offering;
\nin Heaven for eternity is preserved our daily bread.
\nI have incurred so many transgressions,
\nyet am allowed to draw near;
\nwith body and soul fully sated,
\ntears moisten my robe.<\/p>\n

So Wu Li felt the same way as I do when partaking of the Eucharist. Thoughts of gratitude and happiness because\u00a0behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age (Matthew 28:20). He is here. God is with us and He is as Good as His Name.<\/p>\n

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