Saturday in the 2nd Week of Lent: Letter 14
We continue with the Patient’s 2 nd Conversion experience of God brought about by enjoying the simple Pleasures of reading a good book and a walk in the countryside. Both of these lead to reflections on his relationship with God and how he had gradually turned away from God and the Church and toward a self-focusing social circle of new friends. This 2 nd conversion has not only brought him back to God, but he is now living daily. I would not be surprised if, as you read this opening section, you remembered that part of the Lord’s Prayer that says Give us this day our daily bread . This simple phrase reminds us of God’s Chosen People in the Wilderness and God’s gift of Mammon for each day. Further, each day is a gift from God to be lived to its fullest. You will remember from a previous letter, that a good demon should tempt his human with the fantasy of the future or the past, because the present belongs to God. The Patient is now hum...