~by Susi Pittman

January 30, 2012: The Sanctuary of Creation

Art by Greg Olsen

Our weather here in Florida has been just stellar. It has been way too dry, but the temperature and the crisp blue sky are so welcomed!

In recent days, I have had the luxury of just being alone in the sanctuary of creation, and I am filled with the presence of an all-powerful and loving God our Father. It is in the solitude and quiet noise of natural things that my heart is opened to the beauty of His Son, Lord of Creation. I see Him in everything and everywhere. I can feel the pulse of the earth as the Holy Spirit sustains all life and breathes His abiding love.

I say this as I reference a great passage from Ephesians Chapter 1: 17-18:

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in deep knowledge of him: the eyes of your mind being enlightened.

Saint Thomas Aquinas in Summa Theologica references the same scripture and remarks:

The essence of God is not seen in a vision of the imagination; but the imagination receives some form representing God according to some mode of similitude (Qt. 12 Art.3)

To the extent that we can see and receive the Holy Trinity in this life, we will be blessed to seek it out.

For me, there is no better place to find and be with all Three Persons of the Holy Trinity than in the sanctuary of creation.

WHERE JESUS IS

~by Susi Pittman

I walked through the meadow to the song of a lark

And saw my Lord present to me

He was in the green grass as it waved in the wind

He was the dark bark on an old shade tree.

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I sailed out onto the ocean in a small wooden boat

And saw my Lord present to me

He refreshed my face with the spray of the sea

He was in the dance of the dolphin’s glee.

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I traveled in earnest to the mountain top high

And saw my Lord present to me

He painted the trees in vibrant colors of gold

The wind echoed His creativity.

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I peered into the night where a million stars glowed

And saw my Lord present to me

His heavenly presence in each small twinkle

Said, “I am here and always will I be.”

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I bowed in Adoration before the Tabernacle of the Lord

And saw my Lord present to me

I said, “Thank you Lord for being everywhere”

May I live eternally in the presence of Thee!

Susi Pittman is founder of CatholicStewardsofCreation.com and Owner-President of Twin Oaks Publishing; she is author of Animals in Heaven? Catholics Want to Know!; an advocate for the Florida Catholic Conference; a member of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Council of Women in Jacksonville, Florida; an Associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph, St. Augustine;a member of the Florida Publishers Association, Independent Book Publishers Association, the National Association of Professional Women, the ASPCA, the Humane Society of the United States and the National Audubon society.

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