Principles and Practices - December 29

HOW TO FIND TRUE REST IN GOD

It is not by agitating ourselves, or exciting ourselves, or making many acts, that we succeed in finding rest in God; it is by putting a stop to all agitation, to all over-eagerness, and all activity, that we may give free scope to the action of God: God is always acting, and always perfectly tranquil. The soul united to God shares equally in His action, and in His repose; she is always acting, even when she does not perceive it, but she acts then in the greatest peace; she does not outrun the action of God, but she waits till God pushes her forward; she moves under the Divine impulse, as the hand of a child, who is learning to write, moves under the impulse of his master's hand....The soul that is under the action of God is never for one moment idle, as those imagine who have no true idea of what rest in God really means.

-Grou.
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From Principles and Practices
Compiled by Rev. J. Hogan of The Catholic Missionary Society
Published by Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., Publishers To The Holy See
Nihil Obstat; Eduardus J. Mahoney, S.T.D. Censor deputatus.
Imprimatur; Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius generalis.
First printed in 1930