Keeping in touch by Father Richard J. Hopkins
We are fortunate to have a collection of writings by Father Hopkins, a former CUSA member and spiritual advisor for one of the GLs. He was called to his eternal home in 2017, and we trust that from there he still prays for CUSA, as we also pray for him with much gratitude. All of us like to keep in touch, especially with our family and our close friends. The cell phone has made that possible for us now—instant communication. We can share our concerns, our problems and challenges, with someone who is always ready and willing to listen. It can be very useful, especially when we might be in a near-accident or late for an appointment. But we also know it can be a hazard if we use it on the highway. Receiving bad news via the cell phone could actually jeopardize our driving skills on the interstate or freeway. Sometimes, however, we can get a busy signal and have to put up with an answering machine that puts everything on hold. Prayer, on the other hand, is our cell phone with God and he likes us to keep in touch. Just as we like to keep in touch with our own home here on earth, prayer helps us to keep in touch with our eternal home in heaven. God has no answering machine and, therefore, he is always available to accept our call and to listen to what we have to say. He would like to hear
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