The Sacrament of the Present Moment

What I’m doing, what you’re doing, what others are doing—that’s not what’s most important.

 What is important is how the divine plan reveals itself to us in every moment: every act, every joy, every sorrow. So please—don’t pay attention to what I am doing. Pay attention to what is being revealed through it.

 Case in point: I was recently tricked into clicking a suspicious email. Yes… I got phished. 🐟💻

Not exactly a shining moment of technological vigilance.

But that’s not the interesting part.

What struck me was everything after:

·         the calm flow toward recovery

·         the chance to be honest instead of defensive

·         the practical steps taken openly rather than quietly

·         and the timing of it all—how one ordinary moment simply gave way to the next

None of it was planned. It unfolded.

Jean‑Pierre de Caussade, a Jesuit priest, called this the sacrament of the present moment.

He wrote that God is always at work, hidden beneath the surface of ordinary events. Pain, consolation, duty, inconvenience—each moment conceals divine action. We usually don’t recognize it until the moment has passed.

He says that if we could lift the veil, we would look at each circumstance and exclaim:

“It is the Lord.”

And here’s the part that made me laugh out loud after the fact:
That line comes from the Resurrection story where the disciples—while fishing—fail to recognize Jesus until later.

I was literally phished… and only afterward saw what really mattered.

Grace didn’t prevent the click.
Grace showed up in the response.

Nothing was lacking in that moment—not even humor.

It is the Lord. 🐟✨