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God Wills Our Good<br />
has seemed good in Your sight. When anything disagreeable<br />
happens, remember it comes from God and say at once,<br />
“This comes from God” and be at peace: I was dumb and<br />
opened not my mouth because You have done it. Lord, since<br />
You have done this, I will be silent and accept it.<br />
Direct all your thoughts and prayers to this end: to beg<br />
God constantly in meditation, Communion, and visits<br />
to the Blessed Sacrament that He help you accomplish<br />
His holy will.<br />
Here St. Alphonsus offers us very practical advice.<br />
When we pray, when we visit Him in the Blessed<br />
Sacrament, we should beg God to help us to<br />
embrace His will. How can we do this? A simple<br />
fervent prayer will suffice: “Lord, I know that<br />
You love me and that all You will is for my good.<br />
Please help me to embrace Your will and thus to<br />
know union with You and peace in this life and<br />
in the next.”<br />
Form the habit of offering yourself frequently to God<br />
by saying, “My God, behold me in Your presence. Do with<br />
me, and all that I have, as is pleasing to you.”<br />
We can also adapt another prayer derived from St.<br />
Alphonsus’s meditations on the Stations of the<br />
Cross: “I love You, Jesus my love; grant that I might<br />
love You always, and do with me what You will.”<br />
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