I was regretting the past and fearing the future and suddenly my Lord said:
"My name is I am." He paused. I waited.
He continued: "When you live in the past with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard to find me for I am not there.
My name is not "I was."
When you live in the future, with its problems and fears, it is hard to find me for I am not there.
My name is not "I will be."
When you live in this moment, it is not hard. I am here.
My name is "I am."
John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
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