What would happen if we found ourselves imprisoned in a time loop, as happens to the protagonist of the film ‘It’s Already Yesterday’? In this surreal 2004 comedy, the protagonist is forced to relive the same day over and over again, every time he wakes up.
\nthe same day over and over again. A nightmare, we might say. But not so far from the common perception of our times, in the face of the pandemic certainly, but which in general seems to be a habitual way with which we live.
\npandemic, of course, but which in general seems to be a habitual way in which we look at our lives, our everyday lives, always the same. The actual response, not the ideal one, that we give, in fact, is the search for the new, continuously. New stimuli, new sensations, new objects sometimes, and why not new relationships. I share this question on the occasion of this Advent 2021: we speak of expectation, of the novelty of the coming of the Lord, and every year we tell ourselves that we must prepare well, that we must open our eyes to life, in a word, that we must be vigilant. I asked myself, then, what does all this mean for me, here and now, in the novitiate? I don’t think there is a ready answer. What I do try to remind myself of every day, however, is simply one of Ignatius’ last recommendations: get used to looking for God in everything, always, to look for Him and His joy in the midst of the many small or large daily chores, to cherish the desire, always: “Always be glad in the Lord, I repeat: be glad” (Phil 4:4).<\/p>\n
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