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| Saint Claude La Colombierecanonized by John Paul II, May 31, 1992 |
14th Week Ord. Time.Sat 14, July
Matt 10:24-33
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SAINT CLAUDE DE LA COLOMBIERE
MEDITATION OF THE DAY
"Every'
hair on your head has been counted"
First make an
act of faith in God's Providence. Meditate well on the truth
that God's
continual care extends not only to all things in general but to each particular
thing, and especially to ourselves, our souls and bodies, and everything that concerns us.
Nothing escapes his loving watchfulness - our work, our daily
needs, our health as well as our infirmities, our life and our death, even the
smallest hair on our head which cannot fall without his permission.
After this act
of faith, make an act of hope.
Excite in yourself a firm trust that God will provide for all you need, will
direct and protect you with more than a Father's love and vigilance, and guide you in
such a way that, whatever happens, if you submit to him everything will turn
out for your happiness and advantage, even the things that may seem quite the
opposite.
To these two
an act of charity should be added.
Show your deep love and attachment for divine providence as a child shows for
its mother by taking refuge in her arms. Say how highly you esteem all his
intentions, however hidden they may be, in the knowledge that they spring from
an infinite wisdom which cannot make a mistake
and supreme
goodness which can wish only the perfection of his creatures. Determine that this
feeling will have
a practical
result in making
you ready to speak out in defence of Providence whenever you hear it denied or criticised ...
Let us then trust
ourselves entirely to God and his Providence
and leave him
complete power to
order our lives, turning to him lovingly in every need and awaiting his help without anxiety. Leave everything to him and he
will provide
us with
everything, at
the time and in the place and in the manner best suited. He will lead us on our way to that
happiness and peace
of mind for which we are destined in this life as a foretaste of the
everlasting
happiness we have been promised.
Saint Claude de la Colombiere (+ 1682)
was a French Jesuit priest and the
spiritual
director of Saint Margaret Mary
Alacoque.
