I feel my Lord in my soul holding His chalice. His tears of sorrow for our brokenness fall into the chalice. He thirsts for my companionship. His gaze invites me to remain with Him and just be with Him. I remain next to Him, with Him, as He cries God’s tears of sorrow for each of us. I am not called to do, but just to be with Him, to accompany Him in His sorrows. Through the grace of God, my soul is living the hidden life. The world does not understand the hidden life. It is God who does, Who suffers, Who redeems, but I enter and live within the words of the Mass, “through Him, with Him and in Him.” This hidden life is not a state of inactivity but great activity. It’s a participation in the activity of God Himself. I am accompanying my Lord, Who suffers for all. This is peace, and the fruit of this peace is JOY!