Ave Maria Meditations
God never ceases to respond to our cries for help even if He seems deaf. God’s love is like His nature: firm, unchangeable, and enduring as rock. Similarly, God salvific will is eternal and immutable. In other words, God does not change His mind! God foresaw humanity’s rejection before time began and was always going to save us.
While God’s love never changes, we, however, are fickle. We forget our need for God and live as if we do not need a savior. We might begin a prayer for God’s help and then think, “I can do this by myself.” Or we might never even consider prayer unless we are really frantic, and then it is more an act of superstitious desperation then faith. The sad truth is that sometimes we believe more in our self-sufficiency than we do in God’s goodness. But self-sufficiency is a myth. We are not self-sufficient! We are sinners in need of a Savior. No one else but God can provide us with the grace to conquer our sin and make our way to heaven.
Our lives completely and utterly depend on God. We would not exist unless God willed it, and we would not continue to exist if it were not for God holding us up from moment to moment. Even when we rebel, God still holds us in existence. God’s life is the setting and backdrop against which we always live.
From Momento Mori
