Today, we celebrate the feast of St Francis de Sales. He was a bishop who lived intimately with God. Here is one of his famous spirituality, “ Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.” Any deeper relationship demands time spent in mutual conversation and fellowship. This a personal relationship with Christ is the source of great joy.
In so many ways, God wants to have a close relationship with us. Jesus offers throughout the Gospels in different ways an invitation of intimacy with Himself! He uses some of the closest human relationships of a mother or brother or sister to indicate how close He wants to be with us. Christ says, “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.” John 15 :3