But the spirit of conversion means a willingness not to cling to customs, regulations and signs that have for a time been bearers of God's grace to us. When God asks us to move on, we have to be ready. We can move on like this, if we rely not on our own pitiful strength but on God's fidelity. God has never broken a promise. Translating them into more familiar concepts can be a help toward understanding what conversion involves.
Conversion involves the ongoing struggle with our self-centeredness.
It involves, too, the effort at stillness, stopping the outer and inner chatter that reveals our fear of silence. Benedict promises us that as we try to do this, we shall run the way of God's commandments. We shall be turned ever more to God and God to us. Home Site maintained by Sr.