Our Mystical Inheritance

We touch eternity in our hearts, and are called to manifest it in our lives.

In her book Radical Optimism, Beatrice Bruteau offers this insight:

We are called to realize ourselves as children of God. Children inherit their parents' qualities. Therefore we are to realize our own participation in eternity. And to help us do this we have the commandment, "Keep holy the sabbath day." The sabbath is the sacramental representative of G…