Excerpt: ...in accordance with His Will, and finding nothing impossible that He commands. Do you not feel something soothing and consoling in these thoughts? The longer you live, the better you will understand that true happiness is only to pg 104 be found in a life devoted to God, and given up entirely to His Guidance. No! no! none can harm you, unless it be God's Will, and if He allows it; be patient and humble, weep if your heart is sore, but love always, and wait . the trial will pass away, but God will remain yours ...
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Excerpt: ...in accordance with His Will, and finding nothing impossible that He commands. Do you not feel something soothing and consoling in these thoughts? The longer you live, the better you will understand that true happiness is only to pg 104 be found in a life devoted to God, and given up entirely to His Guidance. No! no! none can harm you, unless it be God's Will, and if He allows it; be patient and humble, weep if your heart is sore, but love always, and wait . the trial will pass away, but God will remain yours forever. Friday PRAYER Oh, if you only knew what it is to pray! oh, if God would only give you the grace to love prayer! What peace to your soul, what love in your heart! What joy would shine in your countenance, even though the tears streamed from your eyes! Prayer, as the first cry escapes the lips, indicates to God that some one would speak to Him, and God, so good and gracious, is ever ready to listen pg 105 (with all reverence we say it), with the prompt attention of a faithful servant, He manifests Himself to the soul with ineffable love, and says to it, "Behold Me, thou hast called Me, what dost thou desire of Me?" To pray is to remain, so long as our prayer lasts, in the Presence of God, with the certainty that we can never weary Him, no matter what may be the subject of our prayer, or at those times when we are speechless, and as in the case of the good peasant quoted by the Cure d'Ars, we are content to place ourselves before God, with only the recollection of His Presence. To pray is to act towards God as the child does to its mother, the poor man towards the rich, eager to do him good, the friend towards his friend, who longs to show him affection. Prayer is the key to all celestial treasures; by it we penetrate into the midst of all the joy, strength, mercy, pg 106 and goodness Divine, . we receive our well-being from all around us, as the sponge plunged into the ocean imbibes without an effort the water that surrounds it ....
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