November 18, 2011

Weekly Reflection on the Spirit of the Sacred Heart November 18, 2011

.... the dear Lord has favored us with a share of His cross.    The greatest and undoubtedly the hardest to bear is the lack of success in our work here.    If a saint had been in charge, all would have gone well. Rose Philippine Duchesne   (From:http://www.sofie.org/quotes-formation-to-mission-45/148-quotes-pd)

For Reflection...    What have we learned from her? The value of a steadfast purpose; the success of failure and the unimportance of our standards of success; the power of grace released by deep, divine desires and simple duties daily done; the old, unearthly, stark, unwelcome fact that God is the worker, we the tools, so that God often takes the keen edge of our choice plans and uses it in God's own way, not ours, producing wonderful results entirely beyond our understanding - but only if the handle of the tool is smoothed and rounded to God's hand by sacrifice and prayer.    (Full text may be found here: http://www.sofie.org/quotes-formation-to-mission-45/148-quotes-pd)               Philippine with Potowatomi Native Americans - after painting at Sugar Creek, Kansas, USA - image from:        http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality/seasons-of-prayer-publicmenu-37/119-intros/3001-working-for-justice-with-st-philippine-duchesne.html