Thought for the Day – 31 July – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)
Entrusting Ourselves to God
“St Joseph is only one example.
He had the joy of seeing the Son of God born of his Immaculate spouse but he also saw Him being born on a cold dark night in the most squalid conditions.
He heard the choirs of Angels praising God above the lowly manger and saw the shepherd and the Magi adoring the Divine Child.
But soon afterwards, he heard from a heavenly messenger that Herod was seeking to put Jesus to death and that, it would be necessary, to flee into exiles in Egypt.
This holy Patriarch was as resigned to the poverty of the manger and the discomforts of exile, as he was grateful to God for the wonderful gifts and joys which he had been granted.
He knew that God could have solved, by a single act of His Divine Will, all the problems which he encountered throughout life.
But he never asked for such a favour.
His only desire was to do God’s Will perfectly.
Let this be our desire too and let us never cease to ask God for this grace.”
Antonio Cardinal Bacci
PART ONE:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/07/16/thought-for-the-day-16-july-entrusting-ourselves-to-god/
PART TWO:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/07/17/thought-for-the-day-17-july-entrusting-ourselves-to-god/
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