Accept what God wants to…
When we dare to testify to joy, in this world and now, is because we accept what God wants to give us.
–Jean-Marie Lustinger (1926-2007)
Be resigned to the will of God…
Do all you can to be resigned to the Will of God in all the sufferings that God permits, in your tiredness and in all the work you have to do. Keep your heart at peace and be recollected; don’t get upset. If you can go to church, go; if you can’t, stay quietly and contentedly at home; just do the Will of God in the work you have at hand.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Summit of happiness…
The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.
–Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
Do not be anxious about..
Do not be anxious about what may happen tomorrow. The same Eternal Father who takes care of you today will take care of you tomorrow, and every day of your life. He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then, and put aside all useless thoughts, all vain dreads and all anxious imaginations.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Suffer the wicked with patience…
The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
Past, present, and future…
To escape the distress caused by regret for the past or fear about the future, this is the rule to follow: leave the past to the infinite mercy of God, the future to His good Providence, give the present wholly to His love by being faithful to His grace.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
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