Our Quest

     It is amusing to think that in this year of Faith, it appears that Hope and Charity are the recurrent themes. To Love without losing Hope They go hand in hand! To Love God and Neighbor without wearying, without rest!

     Life does not always go as we plan it! It often throws us curve balls. At times, it can even batter and abuse us!  Things can be very disheartening. We grow tired and need rest!
Ps.62. "Truly my soul finds rest in God;
              My salvation comes from Him.
               Truly He is my Rock and my Salvation;
               He is my Fortress. I will never be shake.
It is unfathomable but true that our All-powerful and All-merciful God has adopted us as His children and fathers us through it all. We can be overcome by the lies and ugliness of the world and even contribute to them when we take our eyes off of the Prize.. I think of the Paradox of the Cross! In the Cross lies Truth and Beauty! This is true optimism! (Not that we should be masochistic- St. Thomas More did not want to be martyred! He tried to avoid it! He just didn't want to compromise his conscience!) We should be encouraged that God can write straight with crooked lines! He never abandons us though at times, it may appear as such. So, just get back up and start trusting!

     I keep thinking of Don Quixote! I love this story! His knightly quest, though disillusioned, is very endearing.
"Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all - to see life as it is, and not as it ought to be."

and

• The mission of each true knight, his duty — nay — his privilege...
  To dream the impossible dream
  To fight the unbeatable foe
  To bear with unbearable sorrow
  To run where the brave dare not go.
  To right the unrightable wrong
  To love pure and chaste from afar
  To try when your arms are too weary
  To reach the unreachable star...

We all search for Beauty and Truth! This is our quest.
Thankfully, our quest is not an illusion! We just need to keep our eyes on the Beauty and Truth of the Cross! The Beauty and Truth of the Holy Eucharist! Beauty and Truth Himself!!  How can we do anything but Hope and Love with God as our Father, Jesus as our Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit as our Sanctifier. We've got Mary and Joseph as our protectors, the Church with her Sacraments!
I think we're safe to dream the impossible dream!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYB92jGPnlg