
<p class="m_-3546643633079154394m_3213010037997955835gmail_msg"><img decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" class="alignright wp-image-22108" src="https://www.discerninghearts.com/catholic-podcasts/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Keating123.jpg" alt="" width="253" height="259" srcset="https://www.discerninghearts.com/catholic-podcasts/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Keating123.jpg 293w, https://www.discerninghearts.com/catholic-podcasts/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Keating123-200x205.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px" />St. Therese of Lisieux said the following: “If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient. But I only look at the present. I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.” In these remarks, St. Therese is trying to point to the truth that is buried deep within the Christian revelation. God only lives in the present moment. He holds all time together in the present. For ourselves, we get lost many times in the past, which could breed nostalgia and grief. Or we anxiously and fearfully try to make the present come quicker. This Advent, ask the Lord for the grace to live in the present so that our gratitude towards all that He is giving us now will deepen. And in our deepening gratitude, will be born a new fervor for worship. For worship is the fruit of the grateful heart.</p>
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<p><strong><em>Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., is a professor of Spiritual Theology and serves as a spiritual director at Kenrick Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, MO. </em></strong></p>
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