Patience - December 9

Patience
Thoughts on the Patient Endurance of Sorrows and Sufferings

CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF GOD
(Part 2)

We deceive ourselves greatly if we think that union with God consists in ecstasies and spiritual consolations. It consists alone in thinking, say­ing, doing that which is in conformity to the will of God. This union is perfect when our will is detached from everything, attached but to God in such a manner that it breathes but His pure will. This is the true and essential union that I ardently desire, and continually ask of Our Lord.
-St. Teresa.
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Compiled and Edited by Rev. F. X. Lasance
Author of "My Prayerbook," etc.
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