{"id":28579,"date":"2026-10-16T11:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmelites.net\/?p=28579"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:40:35","slug":"the-problem-of-loving-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmelites.net\/de\/the-problem-of-loving-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Endlich ist es soweit\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28579\" class=\"elementor elementor-28579\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fa4624 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6fa4624\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3c83e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e3c83e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>It&#8217;s Finally Here&#8230;<\/strong><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b02ee54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b02ee54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>At the heart of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Problem of Loving Jesus<\/span> is a simple yet profound invitation: to recognize that loving Jesus is inseparable from how we live each day, in our relationships, our responsibilities, and our encounters with others. In this excerpt from the book\u2019s conclusion, Fr. Tracy brings together the central themes of his reflection on prayer, grace, and the presence of God in the ordinary moments of life. His words invite us to look beyond our spiritual practices and discover how God is already at work within us and calling us to love. We invite you to read this excerpt and reflect on what it means to make the love of Jesus real in everyday life.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88b6b5a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"88b6b5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270a1e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"270a1e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What I learned, all too slowly,<br \/>was that my ministry was often misguided.<br \/>Good will without the guidance<br \/>of deep personal prayer was no match<br \/>for the power of the ego.<\/strong><\/p><p>Fr. Tracy O&#8217;Sullivan, O.Carm.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1c1628 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d1c1628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4063582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4063582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>EXCERPT:<\/strong><\/p><p>&#8220;All our spiritual activities have the goal to help us develop an antenna to search for the opportunities to love: to love God and to love our brothers and sisters. This two-fold love of God and neighbor is what loving Jesus is all about. This is what life is all about. Our relationships and our responsibilities are the way that love becomes real in in our daily living. We need to realize that these very same relationships and responsibilities share in our brokenness, the consequence the Garden and its apple.<\/p><p>Prayer flows from the deepest human reality, God within us. In this hidden ground of love, God is always taking the initiative. God never stops beckoning us to the true life. Prayer is a secondary response to this invitation of God. Life is the first response. Life is the greatest grace because of this divine bonding. Any truly human and authentic experience is only possible because of God\u2019s loving presence. Prayer opens us up to what is already our relationship to God who is calling us home. Prayer is the guiding light to God at our center. In this context, prayer helps us understand and respond to our initial experience of God in our lived reality. Prayer and spiritual activities are the means to open the eyes of the mind and the eyes of the heart to God\u2019s presence.<\/p><p>This is why our relationships and responsibilities are so important. They are the actual setting where we experience God each day. They are God\u2019s will in the concrete in the presence of other actual people. They are a constant summons away from the False Self. They offer deliverance from the unending conflict with both the gospel message\u2019s call to love and the ever-expanding horizons of that love.<\/p><p>While God is everywhere, our own life is the only place we can experience that presence. Our task is to seek more faithfulness, integrity, and honesty for a life of awareness and commitment to God\u2019s presence. This is always a call to a deeper life in the mystery of love. The initial encounter takes place within us. Then we move outward to our brothers and sisters in our relationships and responsibilities. We slowly learn that all is grace, the loving and life-giving presence of God.<\/p><p>God is no less present at the kitchen table on Sunday afternoon than at the Mass on Sunday morning. God is equally present to the garbage collector serving the community or the struggling drug addict or a nun in her contemplative convent. For each of these individuals and for us, the primary issue is an awareness of God\u2019s presence. Deep personal prayer leads to this awareness.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c89f8d e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c89f8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f9b550 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f9b550\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Visit<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/carmelitemedia.tiny.us\/lovingjesusdg\">https:\/\/carmelitemedia.tiny.us\/lovingjesusdg<\/a> <br \/>to purchase a copy of Fr. 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FILIBERTO OREGEL \u00c1LVAREZ, O.Carm.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-860dbf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"860dbf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/carmelites.net\/book-review-the-problem-of-loving-jesus\/\">Begin Your Journey with Jesus: Practical Advice on Prayer<\/a> to read Fr. 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