Once we can accept that God is in all situations, and can and will use even bad situations for good, then everything becomes an occasion for good and an occasion for God, and is thus at the heart of religion …God’s plan is so perfect that even sin, tragedy and painful deaths are used to bring us to divine union. God wisely makes the problem itself part of the solution. Richard Rohr OFMEager to Love (Hodder & Stoughton, 2014)Lord my God, may I come away from doubting and fearing and hesitating, and believe with a faith which trusts the bare promise of my God. Let me not ask for signs and wonders, withholding faith because these are not given; but whatever I find in your word, may I believe it to be sure truth and hang my soul upon it. Above all, give grace to trust in Jesu
18 September 2014, The Tablet
Spiritual readings – 20 September 2014
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