Monday, February 11, 2008

Just for Today, February 12

O just Father, holy and always to be praised, the hour is come for Thy servant to be tried. O Father, worthy of all love, it is fitting that Thy servant should at this hour suffer something for Thee.

O Father always to be honoured, the hour is come that Thou foresaw from all eternity: that Thy servant for a short time should be oppressed without, but always live within to Thee; that he should be a little slighted and humbled, and should fail in the sight of men; that he should be severely afflicted with sufferings and diseases, that so he may rise again with Thee in the dawning of a new light, and be glorified in heaven.
-Bk. III, ch. I.
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When we are together in Heaven, we shall love to recall the dark days of our exile. I think the three years of Father's martyrdom were the best and most profitable of our whole life, and I would not exchange them for the most glorious ecstasies. When I think of this marvellous treasure, I am filled with gratitude and repeat the words of the Psalmist: We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils (Ps. lxxxix, 15).
-The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme)
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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.

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