I do not understand how it is possible not to trust in God, who can do all things. With God, everything; without God, nothing.
St. Faustina Kowalska, with thanks to Friar Rex
Absolutely – these last few days with my dear TSSF sisters and brothers at Hilfield has demonstrated this so beautifully. Trust, and the patience and littleness that grow out of trust, are the ingredients of humility, of which the Principles so memorably says, “Humility confesses that we have nothing that we have not received and admits the fact of our insufficiency and our dependence upon God. It is the basis of all Christian virtues. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux said, `No spiritual house can stand for a moment except on the foundation of humility’. It is the first condition of a joyful life within any community.” (The Principles of the Third Order)
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” (Jesus, in John 14.1 NIV)
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