he wonder of everyday human life spurs interior stirrings. Looking at all of life with new eyes, we start to look at and beyond our immediate physical surroundings and ask: Where did all of this come from? How did I get here? What will happen when I am no longer here? Why would I matter to a Creator of all this? How will all of the deep desires of my heart ever be fulfilled? Wonder at the richness of the created world, wonder at the beauty of life provokes our longing to know the Mystery of love and life behind it all.

This mysterious wonder is an experience of the religious sense imbedded in every human being, and when pursued, can become the awareness of a call to a new and abundant life.

But it is also a starting point from which many men and women—even those who have received the Sacrament of Baptism—intentionally decide to walk no further!

Through the work of the Holy Spirit, they recognize the beauty of nature, the beauty of the human person, the beauty of man’s intelligence and creative genius, but the fear of the loss of freedom—that original fear of the Garden of Eden—becomes a stumbling block once again and causes many to remain just where they are.

Although mankind’s fallen nature has been redeemed through Baptism, it must be continually purified as men and women move along the path to deeper intimacy with God, lived out within the most intimate relationships of their earthly lives.

In fact, WONDER is such an foundational step in the Intimate Path that many men and women may spend their entire lives here, wrestling alone with the greatest concerns of our human experience.

For those who do allow themselves to be moved and purified in this most primary stage of intimacy with Christ, a new convergence between faith and everyday life occurs—even for those who have been “practicing” their religion for many years.

Doesn’t it make you wonder?

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