Peace in the Present Moment
All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri
Ascension
5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Peace in the present moment doesn’t come easily. It’s part of human nature to fixate on disappointments of the past, and if we’re honest, the self-talk can be brutal: “How could I ever have said that?” “Why did I make that horrible mistake?” “Will everyone remember me for this?” Worries about the future can be overwhelming, too: “Will everything turn out OK with this relationship?” “What if I make the wrong choice?” “What if we don’t have enough?”
Today’s episode focuses on how to gain peace by inviting Christ’s presence into all these moments of anxiety. By totally surrendering and entrusting your past, present, and future to the Lord, you can rest in his love, here in the present moment.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life. |
| 0:07.0 | Do you live in the present? Do you really encounter God in the present right now or encounter the people around you? |
| 0:21.5 | Your friends, your coworkers, your roommate, your spouse, your children. |
| 0:26.2 | Do you live in the present or are you the kind of person that sometimes dwells in the past? |
| 0:30.1 | You're always thinking about, oh, something that happened earlier in the day, why did I say it that way? |
| 0:34.5 | I wish I didn't say that, or I wonder what the other people are thinking after I did this, or I |
| 0:39.7 | wish I didn't make that choice, or I wish I didn't make that mistake, do you tend to kind of |
| 0:44.2 | dwell in the past or do you tend to dwell in the future? You're always worried |
| 0:48.6 | about things in the future, what's going to happen, how is it all going to work |
| 0:51.3 | out, what if this happens? And you find yourself just distracted living in the future or living in the past because you're not there in the present. |
| 1:00.0 | You know, God wants to meet you right now in the present and he wants you to be present to him |
| 1:07.8 | He wants you to be present to the people around you, but you can't give the best of yourself to God or to the people around you if you're not |
| 1:16.7 | present. If you're worried about the past or worried about the future. That's what we're going to talk |
| 1:21.2 | about today, how to really encounter God in the present. |
| 1:24.0 | And welcome to the podcast. This is all things Catholic and I'm your host Edward Sri. |
| 1:29.4 | And welcome to any new listeners joining us here for the first time. |
| 1:32.9 | I'm glad you could be with us. |
| 1:34.0 | And you know, this has been a fun week in my life. |
| 1:36.8 | I've just recently returned from the great state of Texas. |
| 1:40.8 | I was down in Texas speaking at the Central Texas Men's Conference there in Austin and I got to speak in the diocese for a lot of parish leaders there and really had a fun time with the college students there at the University of Texas and visiting with the focus team and that was |
| 1:54.3 | that was a great blessing to be with the all those folks in Texas but the real highlight I have to say of my |
| 1:59.8 | weekend was after the men's conference I flew to Kansas City and drove up to |
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