My father, pray god that he treat you a little more gently, for. God was subject to her will she is omnipotent, for the queen, according to all laws, enjoys the same privileges as the king. To say, thy will be done in all events of life is a. He who abandons himself to the will of god and accepts all things. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will.
The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of god in all things, prosperous or adverse. The death of a friend deeply affected the saint and he expressed his sentiments in a poem on gods will. Alphonsus liguori for all the sundays of the year by st. Agatha of the goths and rector major of the congregation of the most holy redeemer, 67. However, it has been thought well to provide one here. Well, 40 years ago, there was merely one set of readings for sunday. The subject of gods will was for alphonsus a theme of predilection, a theme dearest to his heart. Then, in the late 1960s, we received an enriched book of readings called a lectionary.
Gods will was for alphonsus a theme of predilection, a theme dearest to his heart. He teaches that by uniting oneself with god s will, one can experience peace and calmness in ones soul even in times of suffering or adversity. Uniformity with gods will christian classics ethereal. Gods love made visible a worksheet on the main ideas of several articles found in unit 1 of jesus christ. One of the most powerful and compelling spiritual books ever written. Uniformity with gods will catholic spiritual direction. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you. There is no place for the love of god in hearts that are full. O jesus, my love, i am determined to love thee as much as i can, and i wish to become a saint.
Most likely the occasion that brought forth this treatise was the death, in 1753, of father paul cafaro, c. Acting according to this pattern, one not only becomes holy but also enjoys perpetual serenity in this life. It follows then, that the more one unites his will with the divine will. A single act of uniformity with the divine will suffices to make a saint. Gods will was for alphonsus a theme of predilection, a theme dearest.
Alphonsus in all his works, gave prominence to the greater good pleasure of god. One of a number of testimonies to this is a conclusion declared by the teresian congress held at madrid in 1923, that no confessor or spiritual director ought to be unfamiliar with the tract praxis confessarii of st. Finally, if we obey for the sake of the good itself and out of love for him who commands we are in the position of children. Written in 1755, uniformity with gods will is a wonderful little treatise on the true love of god. Uniformity with gods will is a 7 chapter work by an old theologian, saint alphonsus catholic.
Garrigoulagrange, op the lord has always revealed to mortals the treasures of his wisdom and his spirit, but now that the face of evil bares itself more and more, so does the lord bare his treasures more. I refer to this book sometimes as the key to happiness. Sophronius, patriarch of jerusalem, asserts, the archangel gabriel called her full of grace. Let us now take up in a practical way the consideration of those matters in which we should unite. Alphonsus mary liguori, where we find a compendium of all the mystical and ascetical doctrine of st. He became a widely respected lawyer after completing law school at just sixteen, but later left his practice to give his salvation more attention. Alphonsus the great, king of aragon, being asked one day whom he considered the happiest. His chapters run excellence, uniformity, happiness, gods will is our good, special practices, spiritual desolation. Written in 1755, uniformity with god s will is a wonderful little treatise on the true love of god. Uniformity of gods will and the practice of the love of.
No one can read his sermons with a sincere heart without being profoundly moved to a. On the means necessary for salvation a sermon by st. This is a sermon by saint alphonsus liguori, founder of the redemptorist order, bishop and doctor of the church. Each sunday of the year had two readings, and they never varied from year to year. Alphonsus liguori was born in 1696 to neapolitan nobility at marianella, italy. He teaches that by uniting oneself with gods will, one can experience peace and calmness in ones soul even in times of suffering or adversity. Philip neri as a seminarian and was ordained in 1726, when he was thirty. In the course of the nine editions published during the saints lifetime the title page changed to moral theology of the most ill. Uniformity with gods will, saint alphonsus liguori, full. An overview if we turn away from evil out of fear of punishment, we are in the position of slaves. The twelve steps to holiness and salvation by liguori, st. The principal effect of love is so to unite the wills of those who love each other as to make them will the same things. The wisdom of this holy man has guided and fortified catholics for over two hundred years.
If we pursue the enticement of wages we resemble mercenaries. The one thing necessary which jesus spoke of to martha and mary consists in hearing the word of god and living by it. On a certain occasion when the saint was suffering extraordinary physical pain, one of his religious meaning to sympathize with him, said in his simplicity. Detachment we are poor and in great need but, if we pray, we become rich and lack for nothing since god has promised to hear all those who pray to him.
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