Monday, February 29, 2016

22. CONFORMITY TO GOD'S WILL




Chickens near a Catholic Church, France, 1949 
Photo by Nat Farbman

He said, "Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from Me" (Matt. xxvi. 39).  We too are allowed to pray for favours and deprecate chastisement, in the hope that God may have so arranged things from the beginning, in prevision of our prayers, as to grant our desires; but we must be prepared to accept a refusal or a delay with contentment and gratitude.    

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Sunday, February 28, 2016

21. THE DOUBLE WILL OF GOD


Twins Praying in a Catholic Church, 1944.  Photo by Fritz Goro


Prayer places the whole force of God's omnipo-tence in our hands; it pierces the clouds, and, according to Our Lord's repeated promises, it's effect is infallible.

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Saturday, February 27, 2016

20. THE WILL OF GOD



Father Don Manuel, Deleitosa, Spain, 1951 - Photo by Eugene Smith


"Be not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God" (Eph. v. 17).  As His servants our first care should be to know His will and do it.  It is often hard to know it, and the knowledge is given only after much delay and in answer to prayer.  "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"  
(Acts ix. 6)
Whatever it be, carry it out minutely and fearlessly.


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Friday, February 26, 2016

19. THE LIFE OF GOD



Dr. Vincent Collins, St. Vincents Hospital, New York City, 1952
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Our life begins in nakedness and feebleness and tears, and in original sin;  it continues in labours and sorrows, in fears and disappointments, in perversity, folly and sin;  it ends in weariness and failure, in humiliating decay, or in premature catastrophe.  
Your life is worth nothing to yourself or to others unless God be with you.  

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

18. THE TRUTH OF GOD



Buying a New Mercury, Columbus, Indiana, 1950 - Francis Miller Photo

And again, life "is a vapour which appeareth for a little while, and afterwards shall vanish away."  Adore God as the sole reality that abides. Do not be so short sighted as to spend all your energies and set all your hopes on shadows unsubstantial and transient.  "How long will you be dull of heart?  Why do you love vanity and seek after lies?" 
(Ps. iv. 3).



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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

17. THE IDEAS OF GOD

Rural Life,1950, USA - Nina Leen Photo.

Every creature of God is, in a sense, reflected in God as in a mirror. As God is immutable, and acquires nothing anew but has always possessed it, these ideas or reflections have been in Him from all eternity.  Not only did God see in Himself what we and all things were to be, but He saw all as if actually existing.  When we are admitted to the sight of God we shall, in seeing His divine mind and participating in His ideas, see these reflections of all things in Him; and thus, without investigation or study, but by a mere glance, we shall possess our knowledge in God.  Your image too has been impressed on the consciousness of God from all eternity, as an object of His providence and His love.  In return keep the reflection of God's image always vivid in your mind.

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16. THE SCIENCE OF GOD



A crowded street in New York City, 1956 - Photo by Gjon Mili.

We are safe in His hands.  He will never deal with us unwisely, will never forget us or neglect us, will never be mistaken, or fail to understand those circumstances which make every man's case a peculiar one.  Never question the wisdom of God's knowledge.  Be contented with all that proceeds from Him, for He knows what is best.



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Monday, February 22, 2016

15. THE NAMES OF GOD



Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London


"When you exalt Him put forth all your strength and be not weary, for you can never go far enough" (Eccli. xliii. 34). The fact that we cannot go far enough is the very reason why we should go as far as we can.  If we cannot render God the whole of His deserts, we should at least offer Him all that is in our power.  Glorify the name of God, then, as much as you can, making His perfections known to others, enlightening their ignorance about Him, leading them to practice worship and prayer, and teaching them to love Him.  


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14. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF GOD


  
Sasha Alexander, Wengen Switzerland - February 22nd, 2016

Nothing created, whether in the material or the intellectual sphere, can satisfy man's desires and fulfil his ideal of goodness, knowledge and happiness. The natural knowledge of God as seen in the universe does not satisfy this high faculty of vision, this spiritual eye. We require a fuller vision of God here, and a still fuller vision hereafter, if we are to carry out our destiny and develop all the possibilities that are in us. Cultivate clearness of vision according to the indication of Our Lord: "Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God" (Matt. v. 8).

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Saturday, February 20, 2016

13. THE INCOMPREHENSIBILITY OF GOD


US Highway 20, Arco, Idaho, USA, 1949 - Photo by Frank Scherschel

God is known to us with perfect certitude; at the same time we cannot now, and never shall fully understand Him. 


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12. THE PEACE OF GOD


Barbara Scott (sleeping ice skater), Switzerland, 1948 - Photo by Walter Sanders

The peace of God is a most profound tranquillity and repose, like the silence of untrodden mountain summits clothed with eternal snows;  or like the lowest depths of the ocean, where the fierce storms that rage on the surface are unfelt, and where the turbulent industry of men can never penetrate.  Nothing can equal that peace.


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11. PURITY, SANCTITY AND BEAUTY OF GOD



Parochial School, Danbury, Conn., 1950


He does not the smallest wrong to any, for He is perfect justice.  He is not harsh or vindictive, for He is infinite mercy and love.  Ask for purity of mind and heart and body, that God may dwell in you without a rival.  

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10. THE UNITY OF GOD

The Brewnert Family, Palo Alto, California, 1952 - Photo by Nina Leen

Let one principle guide your life in all its diverse operations. Let nothing turn you from the path of consistency, from whole-hearted loyalty and affection towards God.  Do not dissipate your energies on any other object:  but let all the various duties of life look to God and be turned to His service.
Seek God alone and always!

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9. THE ETERNITY OF GOD


Holy Hour, Soldier Field, Chicago, 1943

Beginning and ending belong to time, and to creatures, which exist in time.  We cannot reckon back the enormous periods of created existence nor calculate its duration. But we are certain that everything we see was once non-existent;  and that each individual creature, whether matter or force, a planet or its movement, is now gradually dissipating it energies and will one day sink into inactivity and death.  

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8. THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD

St. Peter's Square,1948 - Photo by Dmitri Kessel

Know that God will never change towards you, never desert you, never fail you, never deceive you, nor grow weary of you or forget you.


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7. THE IMMENSITY OF GOD

Blowing Bubbles, USA, 1946 - Photo by Bob Landry

God is ubiquitous or actually present in all created space.  He is above all things, not as being locally elevated, but as presiding over all:  He is under all things, not as being abased, but as sustaining all:  He is within all, not as being enclosed, but as filling them:  He is outside all things, not as being excluded, but as enveloping them.  Most literally then "in Him we live and move and be" 
(Acts xvii. 28)

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6. THE INFINITY OF GOD


Yukon territory, Canada, 1948 - Photo by J. R. Everman


God is infinite in the number of His perfections; yet we perceive Him, not as He is, but as our limitations permit.  

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5. THE GOODNESS OF GOD


Feeding the Lamb, 1950, USA - Photo by Nina Leen


God is good to us variously as father, as friend, as brother, as spouse, as master, as benefactor, as our "reward exceeding great." He is Creator, Preserver, Redeemer, Advocate, Sacrifice, End, Beatitude. Further He is our supreme good as being the author of all the good that is in us; He has given us our natural powers, our virtues, our moral perfection, our efficacy for good, all our successes, and all enjoyments. "The Lord is good to them that hope in Him, to the soul that seeketh Him". Seek God alone, and all these good things will be yours. God gives Himself entirely to you; take care to give yourself entirely to Him. 


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4. THE SIMPLICITY OF GOD


At the Camp,  1951, USA - Photo by Nina Leen

Endeavor to become more spiritual, and so more like to God, alienating yourself, as far as you can from flesh and blood by means of prayer and mortification. 
The simple essence of God is all things; it is law, it is love, it is justice, it is eternity. Hence you cannot divide God so as to possess Him partially. You possess Him entirely or not at all. One mortal sin excludes God entirely from the soul. You cannot disobey one of His laws and have the merit of obeying all the others. He cannot be present with you in one respect and absent in another. Hence the impossibility of that which so many attempt, viz., serving God simultaneously with mammon, or the world, or self.


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3. THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS

Bee Keeping on the Farm, USA, 1951 - Photo by Nina Leen

The attributes or perfections of God are those qualities which proceed from His Essence and manifest it to us.  God possesses every actual perfection of creatures, and every conceivable perfection, in an infinite degree.  As we cannot fully conceive them, we must try to rise to some inadequate appreciation of them by considering such manifestations of them as occur in the visible creation.  

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2. THE EXISTENCE OF GOD


 Tending the Rabbits, USA, 1950 - Photo by Nina Leen

God exists.  This is the first truth of all truths;  it is eternally true, before all ages, without beginning;  it is a necessary truth, for the opposite is inconceivable; it is the most important of all truths, for all things affirm it, and all depend upon it; and it is for ever unchangeable.


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1. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

"All men are vain in whom there is not the knowledge of God" (Wisd. xiii. 1). Ignorance and want of reflection about divine things are two fruitful sources of anxiety, doubt, discontent, and sin in the world.

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PREFACE, METHOD OF MEDITATION & CONTENTS


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VOLUME ONE

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