Woman Walking Down Path, Edward Mitchell Bannister; 1882

SOME people mistakenly believe that spiritual perfection consists in prayer, in going to church, and in other pious exercises. It does not. It consists in one thing, for which prayer and the sacraments are aids.  Spiritual perfection consists in entirely conforming ourselves to the will of God.

[F]rom the emotions of your heart, a cloud of dust will sometimes arise, and it will give you much trouble on the road you have to travel. God permits this for your greater good. Remember that this is the war in which the saints have carried off crowns of great merit.

In all the things that disturb you, say, “Behold, Lord, Thy servant; let Thy will be done in me.”

— Lorenzo Scupoli

This is the whole purpose of existence: to live God’s will, to love God’s will, above our own or anything else in this world. And never will we find a moment’s true peace outside this supernatural reality. We are tools in the hands of an artist, indeed the only Artist, who uses the dark and light of our lives to create scenes of sublime beauty. We cannot see the canvas on which He works because we are part of it.

It may be God’s will that we face sickness, or loneliness, or poverty, or betrayal or constant petty annoyances. It may be God’s will that we struggle with our own indifference to spiritual things.

Let Thy will be done in me.

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Frank Rega writes:

A mystic, Luisa Piccarreta, received revelations on the Divine Will, which were compiled into 36 volumes.  She is controversial, but her Cause has been opened by her diocese.  Please feel free to peruse my web page about her.  I have written 5 books about her revelations, which concern not just doing the will of God, but living in it.  Jesus revealed to her that Adam lived in the Divine Will before he fell, and Mary lived in it during her entire life.

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