Spiritual Directory
Human life abounds with deceits, temptations and
tribulations. Consequently,pray God every day to direct you by His Light,
and help you in all your ways for your spiritual and
temporal good.
There is no other time for self-resignation
except during trial. Consequently, during this time pray God for help, for your
nature seeks only its own will, and to please itself in all things.
Your heart is hidden in your chest, but just as
trees produce their fruit in due season, so also is your heart on occasion laid
bare in such a way that
its qualities would not be hidden anymore from your very eyes and from those of
others.
Time is a priceless value. Fools employ it
in vanities, and the wise in doing good. It is time, which, in a twinkling of
an eye,
opens the door to
eternity. Be careful how to use your time for it passes by unnoticed, and
it does not come back. It causes fear because the future
is really hidden from everyone.
Money cannot be the object of your heart, nor
can honours, or sensual pleasures. You have experienced this yourself,
for, before you came to know God, you never told yourself 'enough'. Everyone is created for God, and
in God alone, that the human heart finds its true rest.
If your conscience reproaches you for some
wicked deed you have committed, do not delay to turn to God.
Otherwise, God who judges you cannot but blame you also, for conscience
is the very voice of
God. Whoever has time should not wait for yet more time.
In any state you find yourself, ask yourself:
'If Christ were in my place, what would he do, what
would he say?' Then you
would not refrain from imitating the only Master of all people.
Whatever you do, bear in mind that any action of
yours must be either good or bad. This depends either on your intention
which is either good or bad, or on the goodnessor otherwise of the object
itself. Consequently, remember that you cannot escapethe judgement of
God, that God who rewards or punishes.
It is true that you become a saint if you deny
yourself. However, your self-denial will not lead to
holiness if it is not
continuous and if it is not done with love.
Contradict your heart, and your heart will be
filled with peace. Ask those who have experienced the truth. Proceed in everything by prayer, for without
God's grace we can do nothing.
Call on God in whatever situation
you find yourself. Ask Him to enlighten you, to help you, to save you
from deceits, and to help you humbly accept your position.
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