Fill the Emptiness 

   “Begin with your own emptiness and seek Him who can fill it.” (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, “The Wisdom of Fulton Sheen”) 

   There is an emptiness within us.  I believe this emptiness is different for each of us; what fills my emptiness will not fill yours.  If we are to find peace, we must seek what will fill us and only us.  However, for each of us the source for filling our emptiness is the same, God.

   We were created to be part of God’s family, His children.  Through original sin that special bond with God was broken.  That loss is the cause of all heartache and unhappiness in this world.  If we are to ever fill our emptiness and become complete  it must be through our efforts to restore that special relationship with the One who created us.  We must return to the family of God.

   Societies have struggled throughout history to fill the emptiness.  Our society struggles today.  Nations have risen and fallen in their misplaced efforts to find the answer.  They have tried and are still trying to find the solution, but they are looking in all the wrong places.  Rather than look to God they look to self and their own selfish desires.  When they fail they blame God.  Deep inside I think they know the right answer but refuse to acknowledge it.

   Jesus came to fill the emptiness within us; to reestablish our connection with God.  He wants to fill us with Himself and the Holy Spirit.  Only through Jesus can we fill the emptiness within. 

Despair is of our own making.

Our failure to love You is the cause.

Open our hearts.

Fill us with Yourself. 

Amen