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Meeting of desires (Sniatyn)

“Here I stand by the door of Your heart day and night. I am there even when You do not listen, even when You doubt if it could be Me. I am waiting for the tiniest sign of Your reply. I love You the way You are, and I have even shed My blood to retrieve You. I know all Your soul wounds – being rejected, reproached and humiliated. I am aware of Your loneliness and Your desires…

… I DESIRE YOU. This is the only way I can express My love for You.

… I DESIRE YOU. I desire You and need Your love. You are important to Me.

… I DESIRE YOU. I desire to forgive You, to bless You and to be present in Your life.

… I DESIRE YOU. Open up to Me, come to Me, desire Me…”

Every one of us has his or her own desires, and the biggest one of them is a desire for love. “The meeting of desires” was the motto of a retreat for the youth of Ivano-Frankivsk Deanery held on March 10-11, 2018. It all began with a meditation on the Word of God and the icon of Jesus and the Samaritan Woman. Work in groups enabled us to get ready to the Stations of the Cross which took place on the streets of our town and ended up in a parish church with the renewal of baptismal promises. During an evening adoration, everyone had a chance to confide his or her desires to Jesus in a symbol of a self-made jar and take a drop of “Living Water”.

p.s. The weather during the retreat was right on cue (see the photos).

Jesus is God, His Love, His Desires are endless. Being the Creator of the Universe, He asks His creation for love. He desires our love. He sacrificed His life for our sake… Do the words “I DESIRE” resound in our souls?

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