Tag Archives: God’s will

Ordained or permitted by God

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September 3

“Let us remember these great truths:

(1) There is nothing, however small or apparently indifferent, which has not been ordained or permitted by God – even to the fall of a leaf.

(2) God is sufficiently wise, good, powerful and merciful to turn those events which are apparently the most calamitous to the good and the advantage of those who know how to adore and accept with humility all that his divine and adorable will permits.”

~Jean-Pierre De Caussade, S.J.

A future good

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August 27
“An inspiration urging us to give up some true good we
already possess in order to pursue a future good is suspect.”
~St. Francis de Sales
For Reflection:
Sometimes the evil one keeps us in the pursuit of what seems to be a better or a greater good. This is only to keep us from completing that which God has intended for us. Have I fallen victim to this ploy of Satan in the past? Am I being tempted to fall ploy to it now? (See tomorrow’s Grace Line for another tactic the evil one uses to keep us from fulfilling God’s will for us.)
  

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When God sends his inspirations

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August 25
“When God sends his inspirations into a man’s heart, the first one
He gives is that of obedience.”
~St. Francis de Sales
For Reflection:
The first sign if something is not of God is that it is disobedient to His laws or the laws of His Church. Is there something out of order in my life? Have I rationalized it so that I think it is God’s will? Ask for the grace to be set free from the delusion.
  

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He who wills only what God wills

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August 23
“He who wills only what God wills, possesses all that he desires. For whatever happens to him, happens by the Will of God.”
~St. Alphonsus Liguori
For Reflection:
This quote requires some real meditation. I will take it into my prayer time today and ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten me to its great truth.
  

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I worship Thee

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August 21
 I worship Thee, sweet will of God!
And all Thy ways adore,
And every day I live I seem
To love Thee more and more.
Thou wert the end, the blessed rule
Of Jesu’s toils and tears;
Thou wert the passion of His heart
Those three and thirty years.
~Father Faber
For Reflection:
Is the will of God “the passion” of my heart?

 

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A broken heart

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August 20

“A broken heart and God’s will done would be better than that
God’s will should be avoided.”

~R. H. Benson

 

For Reflection:

If I truly believe that nothing happens outside of the providence of God, and that even in the sorrows and trials of life God is working out a great good, then how can hope and confident assurance in God escape me? What sweet and holy joy can be found in the midst of pain and suffering? (See tomorrow’s Grace Line for a poetic expression of this sentiment.)

  

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Root it out

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August 19

“Anything that does not lead you to God is a hindrance. Root it out and
throw it far from you.”

~St. Josemaria Escriva

 

For Reflection:

What is the biggest hindrance I am currently experiencing in my relationship with God? Am I willing to root it out and throw it far from myself? How can I take practical action?

  

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Your apostolic work with souls

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August 18

“[God] allows temptation so as to give you maturity, understanding and effectiveness in your apostolic work with souls, and above all, to make you humble, very humble.”

~S. Canals

 

For Reflection:

Have I seen temptation help me to mature spiritually? To be more understanding and effective in apostolic work? To humble me? How does all of this enable me to be better attuned to the will of God?

 

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