“To become like the Angels.”

A Hermit in his simplicity once asked me
“Will we end up in the same place ?”
I often sit and think about that question .
I also think of the answer I gave that day .
I pray to God for both of us that in His mercy it will come true .

That day I said ” There are many paths to God but one destination .”
As I think of this it calls to mind the words of Jesus “In the Fathers house there are many rooms .”
In each room however the promise spoken the prophet can be fulfilled:
“They will become my people and I will become their God .”

The celebration of the birth of Christ will soon come once again .
Once again we will journey to the manger .
Once again on each path to the one destination the drink of nothingness is being offered .
Christ leaves all He has known and enters in to our humanity .

Christ empties Himself and is born in a manger .
The Son of God rests in the least of all places .
He then goes to live in the least of all places ” Nazareth .”
For the hidden years Christ looses Himself in a simple place and the carpenter’s workshop .

Come and taste the drink of this nothingness .
Drink of it until you are full to overflowing .
The hours when we learn to empty self are the preparation for all the future progress in the spiritual life .
These precious hours prepare us to receive the higher spiritual gifts .

If a man or a woman is prepared to go to the deepest depths they can become like the Angels and loose themselves
in prayer and adoration every moment of their lives.
God is never limited in His dealings with man .
Man simply limits God by his lack of faith .

The sin and disobedience of Adam and Eve expelled man from paradise .
It is possible for this paradise to be regained in a mans soul .
A man on earth can be like the Angels in Heaven .
He can act justly , lover tenderly , and walk humbly with his God .

The secret as we are drawn in to the hidden movement of grace is to surrender the will .
Surrender is the key to everything .
It removes the heart of stone is .
It gives us the heart that can only love God alone .

– Father Lazarus

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