When the well runs dry by Green Thomas H. (Thomas Henry) 1932-

Author:Green, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), 1932-
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Prayer, Spiritual life
Publisher: Notre Dame, Ind. : Ave Maria Press
Published: 1979-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

When the Well Runs Dry

we know it is really God we .ire encountering our own imagina: an"s :er The ; ■.

that Dy God is that he is :::er. absent when we seek

him. anc : when we ere not seeking him :: pea

doo'1 e en want him present. As a reluctant youth entering sen nary, I would have been very happy if the Lord e::: — : a: leas: z times in : s that follow eu I •• as very unhappy because

heseemec absent when I very much .imtobe

ent This frustrating independence John, is the best proof that he is figmenl : mj

D I: be ere. I could produce him at will. O: I c old find a purely natural explanation I li sleep I explain

Ignatius alsc at the L::a ma] permit d;

:: ":e^: >ur worth and the progress ie." Tnis

clearly could not mean a :e^: in the sense of an exar — : c e God knows our need

I g n to find it

the examination be to teach us I case

this reason Cor desolation would be the same have discussed in the preceding paragraph. I take ":es:" tc be used in the sense in which we say that steel is ";e-:eu" :;• fire— that is, :: is purified, made strong. All the impurities » air bubbles, foreign matter) are burned out in the h:e-:e>::::g :: steel, and the resting metal is Ear stronger than the original iron. Similarly, dryness and desola purify our love :: all the selfishness and vanity which contaminate it. and make our love as strong as steel. ' 'as >::cng as death" >5 v ? . It is in the furnace of dryness that our

is tempered and made divine, so that we can "know even as I am known" (I Cor 13:12), with the kne riedge and love ;: God.

When we see the dryness of prayer in this fight, we can appreciate its value. But our question, when we actually experience it. :s "How long. O Lore, h: •• :.: " As we shall

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