HOWEVER POWERLESS we may seem to be, God enables us to bring reconciliation where there are oppositions and hope where there is anxiety. God calls us to make his compassion for human beings accessible by the way we live...

The desire for communion with God has been set within the human heart since the dawn of time. The mystery of that communion touches what is most intimate in us, reaching down to the very depths of our being. And so we can say to Christ, “To whom would we go but to you? You have the words that bring our soul back to life.”

Remaining before God in contemplative waiting is not something beyond our grasp. As we pray in this way, a veil covering the inexpressible realities of faith is lifted. And what lies beyond words leads to adoration. God is also present when fervor fades and when all perceptible resonance vanishes. We are never deprived of his compassion. It is not that God remains distant from us; we are the ones who at times are absent. A contemplative gaze perceives signs of the Gospel in the simplest events. It discerns Christ’s presence even in the most abandoned individual....

Many people ask themselves, “What does God want of me?” When we read the Gospel, we understand. God asks us to be a reflection of his presence in every situation. God invites us to make life beautiful for those he entrusts to us.
Those who attempt to respond to a call from God for their entire lifetime can say this prayer:
Holy Spirit, though it may well be that no one is built to live out a yes for ever, you come to kindle in me a source of light. At those times when the yes and the no clash, you shed light on my hesitations and doubts.
Holy Spirit, you give me the strength to consent to my own limits. If there is an element of frailty within me, may your presence come to transfigure it.
And then we are led to dare to say yes, a yes that will carry us a long way.
A yes that is transparent trust.
A yes that is the love in all our loving.

Christ is communion. He did not come to earth to start one more religion, but to offer to all a communion in him. His disciples are called to be a humble leaven of trust and peace within humanity...

On Easter evening, Jesus went with two of his disciples as they walked to the village of Emmaus. They did not realize at the time that he was walking alongside them.
We too experience times when we are unable to realize that, by the Holy Spirit, Christ remains at our side.
Tirelessly he walks beside us. He illuminates our souls with unexpected light. And we discover that, even though some darkness may remain in us, in each person there is above all the mystery of his presence.

Let us try to keep in mind one thing we can rely on. What is that? Christ says to each person, “I love you with everlasting love. I will never leave you. By the Holy Spirit, I will be with you always.”
Brother Roger, Taize'