Reflection on Ps 42:1-2

If one has not suppressed a sense of truth, one is aware of the futility of life, and if one has faith, one longs to stand before God in prayer, i.e. in God’s presence. Some saints would look for hours at the face of Christ on the cross. Here was the source of true wisdom. Here the mysteries of life encoded in the Bible were revealed to them. Here they were drawn deep into the great love of Christ for them and motivated to make heroic sacrifices for the salvation of souls. Here many even received the strength to die martyrs.

We live in very hard times. We can say we are already entering the apocalyptic age, when each of us will be put to the test in connection with vaccination and chipping which will carry punishments if rejected. Maybe the martyr’s crown is prepared for some. That is why it is so important that our soul pants for God as the deer pants for the water brooks. That it thirsts for the living God – for the day it shall come and appear before God, not just seeing a poor reflection as in a mirror, as the Apostle says, but seeing Him face to face in eternity. “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.” (1Cor 13:12)

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