Trevor and Jerry take a look at a simpler way of achieving holiness: doing God's will in the present moment, nothing more and nothing less.
"Abandonment to Divine Providence" by Jean-Pierre de Caussade
"If I did not simply live from one moment to the next, it would be impossible for me to keep my patience. I can only see the present, I forget the past and I take good care not to think about the future. We get discouraged and feel despair because we brood about the past and the future. It is such folly to pass one's time fretting, instead of resting quietly on the heart of Jesus." - St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Active Loyalty: obeying the laws of God and the Church and fulfilling all the duties imposed on us by our way of life
Passive Loyalty: lovingly accepting all that God sends us at each moment of the day
"If a faithful soul accepts God's will and purpose in all simplicity, he will reach perfection without ever realizing it, just as a sick man who swallows his medicine obediently will be cured, although he neither knows nor cares about medicine. We need know nothing about the chemistry of combustion to enjoy the warmth of a fire. Holiness is produced in us by the will of God and our acceptance of it. It is not produced by intellectual speculation about it." - Caussade
"We may meditate, indulge in contemplation, pray aloud, practice interior silence, live an active life or one withdrawn from the world, and though they may all be valuable, there is nothing better for us than to do what God wants at any particular moment." - Caussade
"He walks above the smallest blades of grass and the cedar groves, and treads the grains of sand as well as the mountain peaks. Wherever we have trodden he has been, and if we constantly pursue him we shall find him no matter where we are." - Caussade
"There is no peace more wonderful than the peace we enjoy when faith shows us God in all created things. All that is dark becomes light, and what is bitter sweet. Faith transforms ugliness into beauty, and malice into kindness." - Caussade
"Everything leads you to this union with him. Everything guides you to perfection except what is sinful or not a duty. Accept everything and let him act." - Caussade
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