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Spiritual Rules. 44 1
or on the love of God. When we love a person, we
always wish to speak of him and to hear others speak
of him; when we love God, we do not wish to speak of
any one but of God, and we do not wish to hear any one
spoken of except God.
6. CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF GOD.
The love of God consists above all in conformity to
his holy will, especially in regard to things
that are
mostly contrary to self-love, such as sickness, poverty,
contempt, persecutions, spiritual aridities. We should
be persuaded that all that comes from God is useful to
us, since all that he does, he does for our own good; for
there is no one that loves us more than God. If we
wish to sanctify ourselves, let us say in all that happens
to us: May Thy will be done! May the name of the
Lord be blessed. O Lord! what wilt Thou have me do ?
As it
pleases the Lord, so let it be done. Let it be
thus, O Father! because it was thus pleasing to Thee.
In all the occurrences of life, whether agreeable or
disagreeable, let us endeavor to preserve this continual
peace and this unalterable tranquillity, of which the
saints have given us the example, always saying: In
peace in the self -same I will 1
sleep and I will rest. A soul
that loves God, always united with its Lord, leads a
uniform life. This is what is said by that great servant
of God, Cardinal Petrucci, when speaking of the words
of the Holy Ghost: Whatsoever shall befall the just, it shall
not make him sad?
Thus a priest that loves God will never be afflicted.
Sin only should cause him sorrow; but even this sorrow,
as we have said above, should be a tranquil sorrow, that
does not trouble the peace of the soul.
In pace in idipsum dormiam et requiescam." Ps. iv. 9.
Non contristabit justum quidquid ei accident." Prov. xii. 21.