The Companionship the Twelve Met

And in an encounter he causes him to experience the fact that a new human reality is close to him — one that corresponds, convinces, educates, and is creative, and that strikes him in some way.  Then the person says, "I'll go along with them"; in other words he decides to accept the prompting that he has felt, which spurs him towards the human reality he has encountered.  He accepts it because he is struck by something, be it only a whisper, for the Lord works even through whispers.

Even in a whisper, even just for a moment, man notices a kind of attraction, a suggestion; he has the intuition of something more beautiful, more correspondent, something better.  And he says yes.

The encounter could have been with a hundred thousand other temperaments or other human fascinations, but for him it was this one.  He met a particular companionship and perceived the new whisper of a promise of life; he sensed a Presence that corresponded to the original expectation of his heart.  So this is the companionship, not another one, in which Christ has become a companion for his life, and draws close to him on the journey.  In this companionship he can repeat the greatest, the most wonderful words, "My soul clings to you, your right hand holds me fast."

The Mystery of God, which otherwise would have seemed very distant and abstract, thus becomes something stirring in everyday life, an invitation to look at the sky and the earth, an emotion and a passion in opening one's heart to a preference, a preference that is true if it opens you up to the need of the whole world, thus sharing in the great love of Christ.