{"id":19537,"date":"2022-03-31T06:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T11:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=19537"},"modified":"2022-03-31T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T11:40:00","slug":"holy-indifference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/holy-indifference\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Indifference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wpimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/w_holy_indifference.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/w_holy_indifference.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/w_holy_indifference-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/w_holy_indifference-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/w_holy_indifference-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/w_holy_indifference-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/w_holy_indifference-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in my high school days our senior class had a motto which we would sometimes chant at school assemblies. . . \u201cWho cares?!\u201d You can imagine the Dean of Discipline\u2019s displeasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The motto came from being immature. Thinking we knew it all. All attempts to show us the road ahead were met with \u201cWho Cares?\u201d I\u2019m embarrassed to remember this after all these years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is, however, a very helpful and holy variation on \u201cwho cares\u201d. It\u2019s called <strong>Holy Indifference<\/strong> and it is taught by spiritual masters like Saints Ignatius of Loyola and John of the Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basically, it\u2019s a willingness to let go of situations over which you have no control. The Serenity Prayer says it best. \u201cLord give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change . . .\u201d It is not a callous indifference to life. Rather, it is a spiritual surrender to what, in the end, is a trust that God\u2019s will for me is more important than any passing want of mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This principle can guide us in simple everyday ways and in life\u2019s challenges. Some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The weather.<strong> <\/strong>Can you make a sunny day? Can you make it rain for your back yard? Of course not. We can hope for these things but then . . . I will accept whatever happens as the way life gives it.<\/li><li>The Buffalo Bills. Sure we wanted them to win that game (13 seconds left!) but they didn\u2019t. After the initial disappointment, Holy Indifference tells us, \u201cGod still loves us. And it was a great season.\u201d<\/li><li>A young person sits waiting for a phone call from that \u201cspecial person\u201d. \u201cI\u2019ll call you\u201d, they said. But they didn\u2019t. Holy Indifference says, \u201cThey are free to do as they wish. I cannot make them. I accept this as the way it is to be.\u201d<\/li><li>Sometimes it involves more serious events. Some happy, some sad.<\/li><li>A college you so wanted to attend says \u201cno\u201d to your application.<\/li><li>A love relationship you tried so hard to foster has ended.<\/li><li>You get the promotion you were hoping for.<\/li><li>Your surgery went perfectly. No more cancer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But how can we be \u201cindifferent\u201d or detached from the outcomes we so hope for? Are we saying \u201cdon\u2019t care\u201d, when in fact we care very much? No, that\u2019s not what we\u2019re saying. Jesus tells us, in fact, to pour out our hearts to the Lord. Tell God how things are and what you feel you need. In fact, keep asking over and over (<a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/luke\/18?18\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/luke\/18?18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Luke 18:1\u00168!<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But then . . . . let go. God knows better than you. Trust that WHATEVER happens, God foresaw it, and will bring good out of it in His own time. That friends, takes Faith. Faith in a God who loves us and wishes to bring us to be with Him in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not there yet? Still brooding over disappointments? Still feeling, \u201cIt\u2019s not fair!\u201d That\u2019s very human. But Jesus calls us to a deeper awareness of what our life is to be about. \u201cYour heavenly Father knows what you truly need . . Seek first the Kingdom of God and good things will be given to you besides.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/matthew\/6?33\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/matthew\/6?33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew 6:33<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What then is Holy Indifference? It\u2019s putting the love of God and neighbor before everything else. It means letting go of anything that keeps me locked up in \u201cmy wants\u201d, when love beckons me to get over myself. This is true happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God will help us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fr. Tim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group notepale\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Church Painting.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We hope to celebrate Mass in the church by Easter Sunday!<\/strong> We will once again Live\u0016stream all Sunday masses. Should it happen that the church is ready a week earlier (Palm Sunday), we will let you know via email and the website. Keep this in your prayers. 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