I talk about dreams because all of our lives have been touched by dreams. When I think about my own life, I can’t help but be convinced that it’s been directed by events and things that were quite unexpected. Today, I’m the Rector Major but when I look back on my past and history, it's just impossible that in those early days I could have ever dreamt that I would be in a situation like this.
We are creatures of time, and since the ticking clock governs our daily round, we are fascinated with it. How often in literature the passage of time is likened to a flowing river.
Eco-spirituality is a spiritual practice that allows us to reflect on the natural world, its beauty and God’s deep incarnation in the world.
The Kingdom of God requires our collaboration, but above all, it is the Lord's initiative and gift to us. Our fragile work, if it is inserted into that of God, is not afraid of difficulties because the Lord's victory is certain. His love will cause every seed of good present on earth to sprout and grow. This is the certainty that animates and consoles us.
My dear friends and readers of the Salesian Bulletin, we have begun a new year. We find ourselves in 2023. At least to me that sounds like an unimaginable number, perhaps ‘galactic time.’ I don’t know if it is, but certainly we are living in the 21st century.