''Dear Lord! It is just when I am in the world that I have most need of Thee, because Thou knowest it is full of snares that the devil has set for me. Thou must hold my hand, dear Lord, if Thou wilt not abandon me. A little of the world is not bad for me; it is even good, for it teaches me how small it is, and I feel the greater happiness when I come back to Thee. But that I may surely do so, Thou must only loose Thy hold a little, that it may not try me too far, Thou must not entirely leave hold. Dost Thou see dear Lord ? I wish to clasp Thy hand do not refuse me!'’
All that one says to the Savior is prayer, and when the mind cannot apply itself to the effort of true prayer, a few simple words to Him become one. It is needful always to think of Him, even if it is only by the thought that one is thinking less of Him—one must be always thinking of Him and then bit by bit He draws one back entirely to Him, He is so good!
"As Thou wilt, my Lord ! I will all Thou dost will, because the only thing I do not will. Thou also dost not will it—that I shall cease to be Thy child."
~ Eugene de Ferronays.
I am Thine, I live for Thee, to Thee must I return - How high a destiny is mine!
~Pere Cestac
All that one says to the Savior is prayer, and when the mind cannot apply itself to the effort of true prayer, a few simple words to Him become one. It is needful always to think of Him, even if it is only by the thought that one is thinking less of Him—one must be always thinking of Him and then bit by bit He draws one back entirely to Him, He is so good!
"As Thou wilt, my Lord ! I will all Thou dost will, because the only thing I do not will. Thou also dost not will it—that I shall cease to be Thy child."
~ Eugene de Ferronays.
I am Thine, I live for Thee, to Thee must I return - How high a destiny is mine!
~Pere Cestac
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