November 15, 2008
“Though I still find it difficult to accept
today’s pain and anxiety with any great degree of serenity
– as those more advanced in the spiritual life
seem able to do –
I can give thanks for present pain nevertheless.
I find the willingness to do this
by contemplating the lessons learned from past suffering
– lessons which have led [...]
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November 11, 2008
“Service, gladly rendered, obligations squarely met,
troubles well accepted or solved with God’s help,
the knowledge that at home or in the world outside
we are partners in a common effort,
the well-understood fact that in God’s sight
all human beings are important,
the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return,
the certainty that we are no longer isolated [...]
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