The heart is restless until it rests in God

Dominican Laity Brothers
taking snacks during the 2017 Lenten Retreat
(photo by Br. Carlo Cortez)

"Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice." (Ps 105:3)  Although man can forget God or reject him, He never ceases to call every man to seek him, so as to find life and happiness. But this search for God demands of man every effort of intellect, a sound will, "an upright heart", as well as the witness of others who teach him to seek God.

 

You are great, O Lord, and greatly to be praised: great is your power and your wisdom is without measure. and man, so small a part of your creation, wants to praise you: this man, though clothed with mortality and bearing the evidence of sin and the proof that you withstand the proud. Despite everything, man, though but a small a part of your creation, wants to praise you. You yourself encourage him to delight in your praise, for you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. (St. Augustine, Conf. I, I, I: PL 32, 659-661)

 

- Catechism of the Catholic Church #30