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By Father Don

Our Best Room

In Leon Uris’ epic novel, Trinity, a shanachie spirit appears to the young coming-of-age protagonist and speaks of the great mystery of our existence in relationship with God, others, and ourselves. He says, “We live with a number of rooms inside us. The best room is open to our family and friends…and we show our finest face in it. Another room is more private, and we permit very few others into it. There is another room where we allow no one to enter—it is a place of the most intimate thoughts we keep unshared. And in every person, there is one room more. It’s an inner chamber into which God alone has access; so hidden away is it that we don’t dare enter it ourselves. Locked inside are all the truths that are too deep to comprehend. And there is also a special chamber inside God, Himself, into which none can enter but you. There, the last of our rooms gets unlocked, and all that is unknown to you escapes, and it is revealed to you that contained, also there, are the secret things of the Father. And it is there that we catch a glimpse of the reason that we exist.” Read the Full Post.