Heightened by the agnosticism of inattention—the lack of personal discipline over media bombardment, mind control, sterile conversation, private prayer, and the subjugation of the senses—the presence of Jesus grows more and more remote. Just as the failure to be attentive dissolves confidence and communion in a human relationship, so inattention to the Holy unravels the fabric of the divine relationship. “Thorns and thistles choke the unused path.” A verdant heart becomes a devastated vineyard. As we periodically close off God to our consciousness by looking the other way, our hearts are
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