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These thoughts are not so much on the events of the Easter Vigil (which is the biggest day of the Liturgical year), but more so on something that struck me from one of the songs we sang tonight that really struck me.

The line went like this:

"Let all who thirst, let them come to the water.
And let all who have nothing let them come to the Lord,
without money, without price, why should you spend you life?
Except for the Lord"

The lyrics are based off of a part from Isaiah, but i always think about these words. Why should I spend my life seeking out all these things in life that never make me truly fulfilled? It goes in line with one of my favorite quotes from St. Augustine: "O Lord you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you!"

Maybe it's just me, but i think the reason people keep trying to find that "new fix" in life is because they want something that they just can't get here in this world...my question is this then: "Why do you hope?" and more importantly "Since we have hope, what is it that we hope for?"

I believe we hope because we are made knowing there is something out there greater than what we see here in this life. Otherwise we would be the consumr-based society that we are now. Think about it, if what we wanted most was found in people and in things, wouldn't we all find complete contentment in our lives pretty quickly?

Instead, we fall in and out of love, we get bored of the things we have, we seek out the latest in fashion and in new experiences...but we're never satisfied. Do you ever wonder why that is?

What if all this unsatisfaction was a signal that we hope for something perfect in every way? would you be willing to accept that?

i'll leave it to you to think about this, whoever may read this...i will leave my answer for another post

God Bless