Fresco decoration (detail), Luigi Ademollo, 1800-10

SEEING that thy soul is the temple of God, in which He doth lodge, do thou keep it void of all other things for Him alone. For alone He desireth to find thee, alone without thoughts —  alone without desires — alone without thy own will. Seek not for crosses indiscreetly, without the counsel of thy ghostly father, but dispose thyself rather to suffer, for love of Him, whatsoever He may please, and how it shall please Him. Do not thy will, but let God’s Will be done in thee. Let thy will be untied on all sides, so that thou desire nothing. And if thou desire any thing, yet so desire it,  that, if it take not effect, thou be not therefore afflicted, but remain in good quiet as if thou hadst not desired it at all. Then shalt thou be free indeed.

The Quiet Of The Soul, Father John de Bovilla.

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