“My Soul Cannot Find Rest, Till It Rests in You, O God.”
The Eternal Wisdom
When I was just twenty, it gave me great satisfaction to read and understand The Ten Categories of Aristotle without a teacher. I would mention the book at every opportunity, smiling when professors admitted their own struggles with it.
And much good it did me!
In truth, it only puffed me up—feeding the illusion that You, O Lord, were just another part of what You created, instead of being its very source and essence.
I had turned my back toward the light and fixed my eyes on the shadows.
I could grasp logic, rhetoric, geometry, music, and arithmetic—but failed to grasp that even my intelligence was a gift from You.
All the truth I thought I discovered came not from me—but from You, their origin.
What did it profit me to have a sharp mind, when I used it to turn from Goodness and cling to evil?
Little did I realize that the “simple” souls—those I once pitied for lacking intelligence—were far wiser than I, because they trusted in God.
— Saint Augustine
🌿 Humility
Humility is the supernatural virtue that enables us to see ourselves truthfully and justly.
It moves us to despise our own accomplishments—not out of despair, but in recognition that all good comes from God.
“Dependence on God gives wings to prayer.”
— St. Ignatius of Loyola
Humility isn’t groveling. It’s surrendering self-will, self-love, and self-interest.
It doesn’t seek honor from men.
It sees the worth of others through God’s eyes.
It is the antidote to pride, the root of all sin—and the foundation of all virtue.
Without humility, prayer cannot rise.
But with it, even the most broken plea becomes powerful.
👑 True Glory and Peace
“There, true glory will be found, where no one will be praised by mistake or by flattery.
There, true honor will not be denied to the worthy, nor granted to the unworthy.
There, peace will reign—where no one will feel resistance from within or without.
God Himself will be virtue’s reward. He gives virtue, and He promises Himself as its crown.”
“I shall be their God, and they shall be My people.”
— Ezekiel 37:27
This is the fulfillment of Saint Paul’s words:
“So that God may be all in all.”
In Heaven, God will be our only desire—and our every desire will be fulfilled.
We will contemplate Him without end, love Him without exhaustion, and praise Him without growing weary.
🌳 Better to Know the Planner Than the Plan
Lord, You are not impressed by knowledge alone.
A person could master all human learning and yet fail to know You—and remain empty.
Another could remain unaware of worldly learning, yet know You deeply—and be full of joy.
Which is better?
To own a tree and thank You for its blessings?
Or to know every detail about that tree—and fail to recognize it came from You?
The answer is clear:
The most important knowledge is knowledge of You, O Lord.
— Saint Augustine
❤️ All in All
Wherever there is true love between people—God is present.
In every transformation of the heart, it is God who moves,
even when He works through human hands.
All spiritual good, all holy relationships, all lasting change—are His doing.
Without Him, no relationship can be right.
— From The Word Among Us
🙏 Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
God, grant me
the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Lord, let me know and do Your will.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
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