A restless heart

In his book Jesus' plan for the world, Richard Rhor states "Coveting goods is what our entire culture is built on. Advertising creates desire after desire, salesmanship create false need through advertising and marketing that leaves us wanting things we do not need or really want". That's quite a bold statement but one we need to reflect on in the light of the sermon on the mount. What does it mean to hunger and thirst for righteousness? Make sure you're not satisfied is the message keep yourself in a constant place of dissatisfaction. Prayer is a way of keeping ourselves focused on what we really need, prayer helps us move through superficial desire to holy desire but doesn't always satisfy. It raises our consciousness of what we really need.  What we always need is God. It's always union, love, communion. Which is why St Augustine says "Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in God