Father Phil Evanstock talks with two seminarians. Naked before God Libermann had a deep sense of union with God. Everything was taken away from him: his health, his family -- even his ideas were rejected by his confreres at the time. He had nothing. He was naked before God. The active poverty of his life taught him not to hold onto anything. He experienced God with his whole heart and mind. Following Libermann in this way demands a tremendous capacity to be open to the Holy Spirit. We have to let go of that which is discontinuous and hold onto what is continuous. This ability is the central message of the Acts of the Apostles upon which so much of our docility to the Spirit is modeled. Our way is life with an anchor in God. This enables a God-anchored mobility: We are able to be flexible because we are rooted in the fidelity of God. Love is the only thing that endures. Present moment Prayer is the word we use to describe our relationship with God, ourselves, and other people. We have to take time for relationships, which means we have to take time for prayer. We have to learn what it means to be lovingly present at every moment and with every person. We have to learn not to be distracted but solely to concentrate on the presence of God in every moment. Libermann's is a very tightly knit, simple spirituality, but extremely demanding by way of asceticism. It does not allow escapism and it constantly makes us aware that to live in union with God means in this moment, in this circumstance, with these people, in these conditions we have to be present to Him. Spiritans gather at St. Mark's Church in Harlem, New York on Libermann Day Modeled on Mary God's Jewish mother Mary is the model for habitually dwelling in the mystery of God's graces. Her lived knowledge of the Spirit was intimate and intense. She is the concrete example for us who seek to dwell in God's love without reservation. Mary is like the moon, which has lightness and brightness because it receives everything from the Sun. It is because Mary is totally empty of herself in humility, that she can receive the divine Spirit and be a carrier of that love. She is the perfect paradigm for missionaries, because that receptivity is necessary for all missionary work, and that is why Father Libermann chose her as patroness of his missionary order. Living this Love Father Libermann's spirituality is open to different interpretations -- as many, in fact, as the number of people who try to live it. Libermann had a tremendous sensitivity to the particularity of God's action in each person's life, recognizing the rich variety of vocations and ways within the same one Holy Spirit. Libermann's spirituality is embodied. Only when we live it can we really know it. His spirituality is not for the sake of discussion or definition, but for the sake of enhancing our relationship with God, ourselves, and each other. It is in activity that we live spirituality, in practice that we encounter the living God of Jesus Christ.