The mystical sense of taking nothing for the journey is to shed all of our attachments to things by casting all of our care on God. When we are anxious for nothing by casting all of our care on Him, there is nothing left to carry, and He can replace our care with His presence which contains His peace and strength.
I was thinking and worrying recently about the state of our nation, our Church and the right to publicly worship and state of the world and life. And the thought came to me that if I, my family and all around me lost everything even the right to worship openly what would it matter, because in the words of St Catherine or St Teresa (I often get confused on which one said what), but as one of them said, " those who God posses want for nothing; God alone suffices". When we have God,we have no worries! So lets see if I can actually live this?!
The mystical sense of taking nothing for the journey is to shed all of our attachments to things by casting all of our care on God. When we are anxious for nothing by casting all of our care on Him, there is nothing left to carry, and He can replace our care with His presence which contains His peace and strength.
I was thinking and worrying recently about the state of our nation, our Church and the right to publicly worship and state of the world and life. And the thought came to me that if I, my family and all around me lost everything even the right to worship openly what would it matter, because in the words of St Catherine or St Teresa (I often get confused on which one said what), but as one of them said, " those who God posses want for nothing; God alone suffices". When we have God,we have no worries! So lets see if I can actually live this?!