God’s immensity

I would like to offer you a small experience. Once, as I was resting, I watched a documentary film about nature, which had a strong effect on my soul. As I contemplated the immensity of the universe, the extraordinary beauty and force of nature, my mind spontaneously turned to the Creator of all, and I had a sort of new understanding of God’s immensity. It was as if my eyes were opened and I understood, as never before, He whom we have chosen as the ideal of our lives, or better, He who had chosen us.

I saw Him so great that it seemed impossible He could have thought of us. And the impression of His immensity remained in my heart for several days. Now, the prayer: “Hallowed be thy name,” or “Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,” is a completely different thing for me. It has become a need of the heart.

We can give glory to God, however, with our whole being as well, when we live dead to ourselves, to our selfishness, and alive to God’s will, to love for our neighbors. In this way, we will anticipate Paradise and God will be repaid for the indifference of many hearts.

A spiritual thought by Chiara Lubich