“Obedience unites us so closely to God that in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His. If obedience is lacking even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.”

                                  -St. Thomas Aquinas
For Reflection:

Why do I think prayer is not pleasing to God without obedience? Where have I been disobedient to God in the past, or now presently? To what extent have I seen my disobedience effect my prayer?

Mystical Evolution in the Development and Vitality of the Church
2 Volume Set  Imprimatur. 876 pages
John G. Arintero, OP
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Foreword  page xiii

His life as a Dominican was characterized above all by his spirit of poverty, his humility, and his zeal to aid souls by imparting sound doctrine to them.  During his last illness, Father Arintero assured one of his brethren, “I promise you that if the Lord, in His infinite mercy, deigns to take me to Himself, I shall be of more use to these works from heaven than I was here on earth.”