“Thanks to her vow of surrender, everything is divinely disposed for this direct hold of God’s word over her.”

    ~Father Marie-Dominique Philippe, O.P.

For Reflection:

Though Mary received a singular grace from God never to be repeated for all eternity, could it be that my surrender, seeking to mirror her own as closely as possible, could divinely dispose me to a greater hold of God’s word over me? How would I most like to experience that hold? In what one way today can I cooperate with grace to make my surrender more like Our Lady’s?

In Conversation With God Vol 1 Advent/Christmas
Francis Fernandez-Carvajal
Pb 387 pgs

Third Week Of Advent-Wednesday
18. The Signs
18.1 Our Lord makes himself known to us by giving sufficiently clear signs.

God always gives us sufficient signs
to discover Him, but we need good interior dispositions to see our Lord who is passing by alongside us. Without humility and purity of heart it is impossible to recognise Him, although He may be very close.