Posts Tagged ‘Trust’
When God Sends Us Trials
If you would be convinced that in all He allows and in all that happens to you God has no other end in view but your real advantage and your eternal happiness, reflect a moment on all He has done for you; you are now suffering, but remember that the author of this suffering is…
Read MoreAdvantages from Conformity to the Divine Will
Our sanctification is God’s aim in all His dealings with us. What would He not do for His own honor and our good if we would only let Him! The heavens make no resistance to the spirits that guide them and their motion is magnificent, orderly and useful; they declare aloud the glory of God…
Read MoreTrials and Punishments are Blessings From God and Proof of His Mercy
Looking, St. Paul tells us, towards the author and finisher of faith, Jesus (the only begotten and beloved Son in whom the Father is well pleased). . . .Consider then him who endured such opposition from sinners against himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart. For you have not yet resisted…
Read MoreDistrust of Ourselves Under Temptation
“The Lord is the protector of all that trust in Him.” -Psalm 17:31 One of the best means of overcoming temptations is to distrust ourselves and to place all our confidence in God, for as the Scripture notices in several places, it is this which chiefly moves Him to assist us in our temptations and…
Read MorePractice of Conformity to God (PART I)
The Practice of Conformity to the Will of God To the question, “In what things should we practice conformity to the will of God?” there can be only one answer: “In everything.” The first thing that God asks of us is that we should faithfully keep His commandments and those of the Church, humbly obey…
Read MoreSpiritual Realities of the Papacy & the Priesthood
When two of her sons told her they were being called by God to the priesthood my Grandma Schmidt went back to work at nights as a licensed nurse to help pay for their seminary formation. My Uncles Carl and Anthony were ordained priests on the same day in 1950. When asked who, out of…
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