The principle that God fixes what is broken is the message from a gospel meditation in the Aug. 16 bulletin of Sacred Heart Parish in Tuscon.

“We are hardwired for wholeness and we crave it,” the meditation said. “When something is broken, we want it fixed.”

But some physical and emotional scars “can’t be made whole,” the meditation said. Those need inner strength, conviction, focus, grounding, love and hope for healing.

“They direct us to a presence we discover in our core, which is none other than the presence of God,” the piece said. “In God, we are healed. When we are persistent in reaching out to and establishing our relationship with God, real healing and wholeness begin to happen.”

This doesn't mean that you have to abandon your journey for wholeness and healing, the meditation concludes."If we have done our inner soul work, we have worked toward and acquired what and who we ultimately need and desire."