"Obedience to the will of God - or even what is merely believed to be the will of God - is actually more meritorious not less, when it is unaccompanied by emotional consolations and sensible fervor." R. H. Benson

For Reflection: Why is an act of obedience more meritorious when it is unaccompanied by emotional consolations and sensible fervor? How can this insight help me to be spontaneously obedient even when I don't "feel like it?"