By the Spirit, the Father and Son make their home within and among us (John 14:23). Our sharing in the Triune communion could not be deeper. The Father and the Son come to us as their own dwelling place. Each divine person mutually indwells the others, and so, through the Spirit’s indwelling, both the Son and the Father make their home in us and among us.

Presence makes encounters possible. The sort of encounters that fill life with meaning. Only through presence can we truly meet anyone or anything. Others may be around us, yet we do not experience their presence until we are present ourselves. In the same way, though God is always with us, we may not recognise his presence until we become attentive and open.

Every human being longs for life to have meaning, but perhaps what we are really longing for is presence itself. Without presence, nothing carries meaning; but in the presence of our Father, through the Son and by the Spirit, all of life becomes saturated with significance.

God is always present to us and he invites us to be present to him.  Sadly, we are not always present to His presence. However, he persists, calling us to freely turn our hearts toward Him as the One who is already near. He really does want us to live awake and attentive to his presence. As we do, we trust the God who is with us and in us to meet us, granting us moments of real encounter in the midst of ordinary life. These encounters cannot be manufactured; they are pure gift. At the same time, we are called to be present to his presence, attentive to his attentiveness toward us.