A conscience burdened with the
guilt of past sins is fearful of divine judgment. But God in His mercy has given us two
remedies for such an unhappiness. One is the Sacrament of Penance, which blots out the past
by remission of sins and lightens the future by our hope for divine mercy
through continued repentance and amendment of our lives…The second remedy for
the ills that come to us from thinking about time is what might be called the
sanctification of the moment – or the Now.
Our Lord laid down the rule for us in these words: “So do not worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is
enough for today” (Mt 6:34). This means
that each day has its own trials; we are not to borrow troubles from tomorrow
because that day too will have its cross.
We are to leave the past to divine mercy and to trust the future,
whatever its trials, to God’s loving providence. Each minute of life has its peculiar duty –
regardless of the appearance that minute may take. The Now-moment is the moment of salvation. Each complaint against it is a defeat; each
act of resignation to it is a victory.
Venerable Fulton
J. Sheen
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