The Mystery of the Perfected Soul

 

"... We must humbly accept all that God's order requires us to do and suffer. What he ordains for us each moment is what is most holy, best and most divine for us

   All we need to know is how to recognize his will in the present moment.

   God's order of his divine will is the life of all souls who either seek it or obey it.

   In whatever way this divine will may benefit the mind, it nourishes the soul. These blessed results are not produced by any particular circumstance but by what God ordains for the present moment. What was best a moment ago is so no longer because it is removed from the divine will, which has passed on to be changed to form the duty to the next. And it is that duty, whatever it may be, that is now most sanctifying for the soul."

de Caussade, Jean-Pierre. 1981. The Sacrament of the Present Moment; Translated by Kitty Muggeridge. Glasgow: Collins. 42, 43.