{"id":126837,"date":"2024-03-01T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=126837"},"modified":"2024-03-01T10:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:51:50","slug":"virtue-of-the-month-march-now-here-this-the-virtue-of-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/virtue-of-the-month-march-now-here-this-the-virtue-of-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtue of the Month \u2013 March \u201cNow. Here. This.\u201d: The Virtue of Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"126837\" class=\"elementor elementor-126837\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2239a1a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2239a1a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42383bf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42383bf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a parent, I\u2019ve developed some unique talents. I can disassemble and pack up a snare drum practice pad in the time between when my son remembers that it\u2019s band lesson day and when the bus arrives at our door (about 18 seconds). I can coordinate a weekend soccer schedule of three children playing on six different teams (and I\u2019ve only shown up to a game with the wrong child once!). I can get a week\u2019s worth of groceries for a family of seven during a single modern dance class. And I can tune a fiddle in a noisy ballet studio hallway. It\u2019s a busy, busy life stage (that period when everyone\u2019s in a thousand activities, but no one can drive themselves), but I\u2019ve become pretty good at making every minute count.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Being a busy parent has made me very efficient at going and doing and getting things done, but over time, it\u2019s made me pretty lousy at\u00a0<em>just<\/em>\u00a0<em>being present<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been noticing that in all the different areas of my life, I struggle to be fully present in the moment; instead, I\u2019m constantly demanding of myself what more or what else I should be doing. When it comes to my family and its busy schedule, I\u2019ve got the virtues of Orderliness, Purposefulness, and Good Use of Time mastered, but the virtue that I really need to work on is the Virtue of Presence.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristilive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Picture1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristilive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Picture1.png 560w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristilive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Picture1-300x188.png 300w\" class=\"wp-image-16066 lazyload\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" alt=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristilive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Picture1.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristilive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Picture1.png 560w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristilive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Picture1-300x188.png 300w\" alt=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPresence is about being one\u2019s self for someone else; it is refusing the temptation to withdraw mentally and emotionally, but it is also an occasion for putting our own body\u2019s weight and shape alongside the neighbour, the friend, the lover.\u201d \u2013 James McClendon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you, like me, struggle to pause once in a while in the chaos of a busy family life, here are some ways to practice the Virtue of Presence with your family, your neighbour, and with God.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Hour(s) of Presence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a pretty strict rule of not allowing phones at the dinner table. One day, my youngest daughter and I made a trip to the dollar store where she chose a basket that would house our phones during our meals, and since then she\u2019s been unyieldingly firm in enforcing the law. However, lately I\u2019ve been challenging myself to extend this half hour of Presence that we impose during mealtime. Could I set aside my phone and my projects when the children tumble into the house, home from school, hungry and tired and sometimes even wanting to talk? And what about after supper, when we\u2019re all tempted to go our separate ways, withdrawing into our rooms or our screens? The habit of being truly present to each other during dinnertime is a great start towards the virtue of Presence, and the best part is, it makes me long for more.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presence in the Blank Spaces<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know exactly when it happened, but I\u2019ve become one of those people who can\u2019t stand to be doing nothing. Even when I\u2019m in the grocery store express line, I\u2019ll use the thirty or so seconds between the time I put my items on the conveyor belt and the time it\u2019s my turn to pay to quickly check my texts and emails. I carry a book with me whenever I pick up the kids from soccer, just in case I might have to face the agony of having nothing to do for three minutes before practice is over. I often catch myself walking while scrolling through my phone; I read while I blow-dry my hair. Every single minute is filled right up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And yet I am fully aware that if I fill up every minute, there\u2019s no space for anything \u2013 or anybody \u2013 else; after all, it\u2019s in the empty spaces between the seemingly more important transactions when meaningful encounters truly occur. In the empty spaces, I notice the tired mother in the check out line, who looks like she needs an encouraging smile. In the empty spaces, I chat with a new parent in front of the school, and find out that he is recently widowed. In the empty spaces, I make myself available for an encounter with my neighbour, and make myself open to the Ministry of Presence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As tempting as it is to fill the empty seconds and minutes with something \u2013 anything! \u2013 to do, I know that God needs me so save some space for an encounter with my neighbour. Perhaps it is Taylor Swift who said it best: \u201cI\u2019ve got a blank space, baby, and I\u2019ll write your name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNow. Here. This.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This habit that I\u2019ve developed as a parent, of staying and keeping efficiently busy, hasn\u2019t had a positive impact on my prayer life. If there was ever a time when I excelled at sitting tranquilly and patiently in contemplation, those days are long behind me. Now when I sit to pray, I have to fight the urge to check my calendar, make up a to-do list, or simply let my active mind wander. The famous three words of Thomas Merton are especially appropriate and helpful in moments of distraction in prayer.\u00a0<em>\u201cNow. Here. This.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I repeat these words, to myself and to God, to draw me back into this present moment, this present place, this present gift.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monthly Virtue Resolution:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Practise the Virtue of Presence in one area of your life this month. Whether it\u2019s your interactions with your family, friends or colleagues, with strangers in the checkout line, or with God in prayer, try to give each encounter your undivided, undistracted attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monthly Motto:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cNow. Here. 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