“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”?

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

From this truth can be concluded the tremendous importance of these studies in which is treated the search for the precious pearl and the digging of the hidden treasure of the Gospel. To some degree these studies draw aside the veil of the great mysteries of the kingdom of God in souls and disclose the adequate cause for the manifold and resplendent manifestations of the life and infinite powers of the holy Catholic Church.