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Gratitude and Faithfulness GRATITUDE
Gratitude: it is you who open all the closed doors and let the Grace which saves penetrate deeply.
Gratitude A loving recognition of the Grace received from the Divine. A humble recognition of all that the Divine has done and is doing for you. The spontaneous feeling of obligation to the Divine, which makes you do your best to become less unworthy of what the Divine is doing for you.
Detailed gratitude: the gratitude that awakens in us all the details of the Divine Grace.
Integral gratitude: the whole being offers itself to the Lord in absolute trust.
Mental gratitude: the gratefulness of the mind for what makes it progress. Page ― 162 The best way to express one’s gratitude to the Divine is to feel simply happy. 23 April 1954 There is no better way to show one’s gratefulness to the Divine than to be quietly happy.
To accept gladly what I give is never selfish. There is no better cure for egoism than a happy gratefulness.
Always joyfully accept what is given you by the Divine.
A self-willed man cannot be grateful ― because when he gets what he wants he gives all the credit for it to his own will, and when he gets what he does not want he resents it badly and throws all the blame on whomever he considers responsible, God, man or Nature.
It is very difficult to keep up your gratitude; for a time it comes very strongly and again it goes back. The Divine can go on tolerating everything in spite of your ingratitude because He knows fully the how and why and wherefore of everything. He knows why you are doing a certain thing. He knows the full working and that is why He can tolerate it. Page ― 163 The nobility of a being is measured by its capacity of gratitude.
Faithfulness: we can count on you. You never fail us when we need you.
Incorruptible faithfulness: nothing can turn you away from the duty you have chosen.
This is faithfulness, to admit and to manifest no other movements but only the movements prompted and guided by the Divine.
The strength is always with you to be always faithful to the Divine Will. 2 June 1935 In the present condition of the world an absolute faithfulness to the Divine has become an indispensable need.
Surely when unfaithfulness prevails all around, it is time tobe truly faithful and to stand untouched and unmoved in the storm. Page ― 164 Faithfulness is a condition for peace and protection. 5 August 1955 Without faithfulness in one’s consecration to the Divine there can be no peace in the heart.
Be faithful to the Divine and you will enjoy a constant peace.
Be always faithful to your faith and you will feel no sorrow.
Be simple, sincere and faithful in front of the Grace which is constantly with you. 28 May 1959 The obedience to the Divine Will must be total. Page―165 Perfect obedience: obedience to the divine order with joy and without hesitation or reserve in all parts of the being.
To learn to obey is good; to obey only the Divine is better. Page ― 166 |