“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

Instead of asking Him to remember you, why not pray to find comfort and value where He has taken you.

It's really better if you let God take charge. I find that when I try to be in control, I lose control.

When we pray, instead of trying to produce love in our souls toward God, we should be basking in God's love for us. How foolish to stay indoors in the cold, dark little room off the self, trying to turn on the light and turn up the heat, when we can just go outside into God's glorious Sonlight and receive his rays! How silly to fuss with artificial tanning salons and lotions and lights when the Son is out!

Your heart may be paltry compared with the heart of a great saint, but your heart is what God wants from you.

De Caussade makes this matter of duty very simple, too, as he makes everything simple: "We have two duties to fulfill: we must actively seek to carry God's will into effect and passively accept all that his will sends us" (p. 73). That's all. That's it.

All the way to Heaven is Heaven", said Saint Catherine of Siena. We