“If we wish to give satisfaction to our good God, we must not stop to consider what we would like to do, but rather what he wishes us to do. Our Lord will know where to find you when he intends to give you other work to do.” (SW 604-605) – St. Louise...
“Our Lord will counsel you what to do.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Where would I be, Lord, without your presence within me? You are always there, ready to counsel and guide me. All I have to do is ask!
Let us abandon ourselves to the direction of God’s loving Providence, and we shall be safe from all sorts of inconveniences that our haste may draw down on us (II:517).
“Our love of God is always opposed by our self-love, our love of one another by the miserable pride and pretension which creates jealousy, rash judgment and the pitiful dislikes and impatience which so often trouble us and wound charity.” (CW 3a:259)...
