Thursday, February 29 : Saint Charles de Foucauld

“A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.… ”(PS 36, 10-11 LXX). (…) All of this psalm is the admirable development of this thought: there is grief on this earth for the righteous, but this sadness is the seed of an eternal joy: that they hope and console themselves and thank God, and that they guard against envy of the joyful of this world that upon reaching the door of eternity find only appalling torments! Poor Lazarus, do not envy the rich who rejoices and eats splendidly: it is you who are the happy one! (…) Be not jealous of the worldly, with their joys and their prosperity … they are not the happy ones: the blessed are those who have God for Lord, who do not live for enjoyments, sciences, wealth, honors, love, human affections, for nothing that is on earth, but who live for God alone, who look only to him. God reigns in them perfectly as sovereign Lord, governing everything in A perfectly submissive kingdom. Thank God for our good fortune, we loved an eternal love, and for this attracted us to him in his mercy. Let us appreciate even our grief, which is a sign of our separation of the world, and let us offer it to God, asking him to make of us whatever he wants.

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