WORD 2day: 5th January, 2018
1 Jn 3:11-21; Jn 1:43-51
Reflecting on the Word today, I was instantly reminded of the famous title written by St. Teresa of Avila - the Interior Castle. And I was also smiling to myself thinking of a spiritual friend of mine once asking me, "which mansion have you entered now?", referring to the interior spiritual progress as presented by the holy Carmelite nun. It is not about showing where we have reached and proving what we have achieved!
Our life of faith actually is a life lived at the interior castle of our beings! That is why we are required to invite people to 'come and see', as does Philip today. This is in continuation with the reflection we had yesterday, where Jesus invited the disciples to 'come and see' and challenged them to invited others! Andrew yesterday and Philip today took up that challenge and invited others!
If we have to share our spiritual experience with others, it is not with words and proofs! Words and deeds speak much less than what our personal interior lives can speak. What we are called to dare is, to invite others to come and see our life, our innermost life. When our interior life is orderly, when our conscience is at peace, when our inner sanctuary is maintained with holiness and purity, our entire life can become a testimony to others: we can without fear say, "Come and See" my interior castle!
The Interior Castle is where my Lord lives, let the whole world see the Lord dwelling there!
