Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Mystery of the Cross

"To plunge us into passive suffering is, therefore, one of His greatest works of mercy, a proof of His exceeding love.

"When God acts in a soul in this way, it is a sign that He wants to bring it to very high perfection...St. John of the Cross asks why there are so few souls who reach the plenitude of the spiritual life; and he answers: "It is not because God wants to reserve this state for a few privileged souls, but because He finds so few souls disposed to accept the hard task of purification.  Therefore, He stops purifying them, and they condemn themselves to mediocrity and advance no farther."  It is impossible to become united with God without these spiritual sufferings, without bearing this "burden" of God.  Suffering and interior desolation alone enlarge the powers of the soul and make it capable of embracing God Himself."  --from Divine Intimacy, p. 389-390.
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Novena to the Holy Spirit

"Wait for the promise of the Father...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you." Acts 1:5,6

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.