In front of the Father’s eyes

Oral prayer requires attention to what is being done he says. However, one must be focused during work for what he does, then, the mind is turned away from God. And yet not completely. Saints often say that they are everything must be done “in the sight of God.” think that on the heights there is a great Spectator looking down on human affairs, “writes St. Basil. Norwegian writer Johannes Jörgensen visited Cologne Cathedral over the Rhine in Germany. He stumbled upon her inspection to a sculptor who carved there on a turret in stone flower. He addressed him: “Man, why do you put so much effort into a work that no one will appreciate? At this height, no one will see the fragile shapes of a flower. ” “But God sees it,” the sculptor replied with disarming simplicity. Is it easy to hold this view? One psychological problem. Our attention seems to be divided – we think of God, and we think of work, which we have to do. A worker in her father’s vineyard
Saint Francis de responds to this objection Chantaljed’s resolution:”In my opinion, it works about two different things – to live in God’s presence and to build into God’s presence. To stand up to God’s presence must divert attention from everything and focus on God’s presence. However, when we are got into this presence, we stay in it … “It is the same as in relation to people. We must first realize that someone has come. It is God who binds ours attention. Then we can concentrate intensively on what we do together. The knowledge that he is present, we will never lose again. That is why St. Ignatius believes that a short time is enough, approximately for the duration of the Father, before any work or prayer, for this act – stand up to
presence of God. It can be done with a small firing range prayer, for example, “Everything for you, heavenly Father “, or” To the greater honor and glory of God “, etc. It is also possible accompanied by a gesture, such as bowing or make any sign of respect as a greeting
to the one we came before. God’s eye sees everything In religious institutions where boys or girls in the common rooms, it was necessary to leave a small light on at night to get better orientate. It was often on the shade of this lamp painted an eye with the inscription “God sees you”. It is undoubtedly a biblical idea that often occurs in the Psalms (cf. Ps / 33.18); And yet, as many complained, this educational aid evoked misguided feelings. She forced the idea of ​​police-type supervision, and therefore and unreasonable fear. The eye of God, which sees everything, is a view of love and willingness to help. This is explained by an encouraging example, which we read about in the biography of St. Rosena of Lim. She was in overly timid in her youth, as was her mother. One girl stayed in the evening in the evening, which was in the far corner of their garden. Suddenly it was getting dark and little Rosena did not have the courage to walk through the darkened garden into the house. There to her anxious mother waited, but because she was as timid as her daughter, she did not come to go to her dark corner of the garden. So they both shook. Finally my father came home. He took his mother in his armpit, and they both they set out to bring home little Rosena. She overheard
their voices and the thought came to her: If a mother who is as timid as I am is no longer afraid, when dad takes her in his armpit, why should I Am I afraid when I believe that God’s eye looks upon me everywhere I am? Since then, Rosena never suffered and unreasonable fears because she got rid of them another example, also comforting, though simple, is from children’s lives. One little girl asked her mom, it seems true that God really is everything, everything
he sees. “Sure,” Mom said. “It’s a shame!” said the girl in disappointment. “And why?” He asks in astonishment mother. “But, I wanted to knit two socks for poor for Christmas and surprise such a dear Lord God. ” A ray of wisdom shone in his mother’s answer:
“Even though God sees everything, our good one works a pleasant surprise for him. “