“Only in heaven shall we see how wisdom is identical with God’s utterly free good pleasure; how, for all its freedom, this good pleasure is by no means a caprice, since it is penetrated through and through by wisdom.” – Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“Nothing comes to pass either in the material or in the spiritual world, but God has foreseen it from all eternity; because with Him there is no passing from ignorance to knowledge as with us, and He has nothing to learn from events as they occur.” – Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“Perfect love consists in the complete surrender of self.” – Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“If the merchants to whom Joseph was sold by his brethren had passed by one hour sooner, he would not have gone to Egypt. Our lives also are dependent on events controlled by God. Our life should be one of self-abandonment to the divine will.” – Fr. Reginald Garrigou Lagrange
“Christ said to all of us: “Be ye perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect”; and the Sermon on the Mount, which begins with the beatitudes, is a commentary on this exhortation. To raise us to this perfection, “the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” – Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“God does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender.” – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.” As we utter the word “now”, we are often distracted. Mary, listening, is all attention. She receives our prayer and the grace we need to persevere in whatever we are doing.” – Fr. Garrigou Lagrange
“God sends trials to purify us from our failings and imperfections, and to put us to the necessity of growing in His love when there is no longer air to breathe but in Him. The way the soul welcomes these trials is the test of its perfection.” – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
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