Just for Today, August 16

Why dost thou stand looking about thee here, since this is not thy resting place? Let thy thoughts be with the Most High, and thy prayer directed to Christ without intermission.
-Bk. II, ch. i.
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The Saint obeyed the Rule, and never looked about her in the refectory. As I found difficulty in being faithful on this point, she composed a prayer which was a revelation of her humility, for in it she asked for a grace which only I needed:

"O Jesus, Thy two little brides have resolved never to look up in the refectory, in order to honour and imitate the example Thou didst give them before Herod. When that wicked prince mocked Thee, O Infinite Beauty, Thou didst utter no word of complaint, nor even look at him. Herod did not deserve a look from Thy divine eyes, but we, Thy brides, desire it. Reward us with a look of love each time we make the sacrifice of not looking up, and do the same even if we fail in our resolution, for we will then humble. ourselves sincerely in Thy sight."

-Conseils et Souvenirs.
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Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.