I will do them as if everything depended on me but as if I myself counted for nothing, without the slightest attachment to them, ready to destroy or abandon them at a sign from those to whom I owe a obedience. It is a little long, but hang on – I think you’ll find his message to be profound:ĭuring this retreat, the Lord has been pleased to show me yet again all the importance for me, and for the success of my priestly ministry, of the spirit of sacrifice, which I desire shall from now on evermore inspire my conduct ‘as a servant and prisoner of Jesus Christ.’ And also I want all the undertakings in which I shall take part during this present year to be done in this spirit, in so far as I have a share in them all are to be done for the Lord and in the Lord: plenty of enthusiasm but no anxiety about their greater success.
Let’s begin with a quote by Saint Pope John XXIII in his Journal of a Soul.
In this, the month devoted to the Seven Sorrows of Mary, it seemed fitting to examine the sorrows inherent in motherhood.
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