Thought for the Day – 7 September – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)
“To be Silent, to Adore
and to be Happy”
“To Adore:
What are we in the sight of God but poor, weak creatures?
How can we rebel against those sufferings with which the Lord, in His Infinite Wisdom, allows us to be afflicted?
Since it is God Who sends them, it can only mean that He wishes us to profit spiritually from them, in the same way, as we benefit physically from unpleasant medicine.
We gladly recognise, therefore, the mysterious designs of Divine Providence in all the circumstances of our lives, happy and unhappy.
Like the Holy Patriarch, Job, we should say: “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away – blessed be the Name of the Lord!” (Job 1:21).
We should repeat too, with Jesus in Gethsemane: “Not My will but Thine be done” (Lk 22:42).
Like the Saints, we should thank God for all His designs in all the ways and moments of our lives.”
Antonio Cardinal Bacci
PART ONE:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/06/thought-for-the-day-6-september-to-be-silent-to-adore-and-to-be-happy-part-one/
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