In Love with The Divine Outcast - end of Chapter 1o

05/09/19

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We all know that sanctification is a work both divine and human. It is divine through its immediate Principle, the Holy Spirit; through its meritorious cause, the Incarnation and the Death of the Son of God; through its end, the happiness of the Holy Trinity, in which holy souls are to participate for all eternity; finally through its chief means, the teachings and the graces of Jesus Christ transmitted to men through the Church.  

But this work is human also, since the graces of the Holy Spirit, and merits of the Son of God, the designs of the Holy Trinity, and all the efforts of Providence can bear fruit in a soul only as far as she freely co-operates with them.  

"And if Thou shouldest leave me,

O Treasure dear, divine,

Yet will I smile in gladness,

Though no caress be mine . . .

And Thy return, sweet Jesus,

I will await in peace,

Nor shall my Canticles of Love

E'en for a moment cease."

(St. Little Thérèse)

The Holy Spirit never speaks in vain. The silent soul listens and always hears His Voice.