God’s ways

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Your Father knows what you need.
Jesus; Matthew 6:8
 


The Father is the master architect
who knows what we need;
whatever he gives and permits is for our good,
either to cleanse us from our sins,
or for our growth in perfection and grace.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

 
 
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Accept whatever happens to you.
Ecclesiasticus 2: 4
 


The Lord loves us,
and arranges everything for our good;
even the things we don’t like are always for our good.

 
cf . Ven Thecla Merlo, 20th century

 
 
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Come to me.
Jesus; Mt. 11:28
 


God is not a deceiver
that he should offer to support us, and then,
when we lean upon him, should slip away.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
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My grace is sufficient for you.
2 Corinthians 12:9
 


God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
We are always given special graces
with which to endure extraordinary misfortune.

 
Jean Pierre de Caussade, 18th century

 
 
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Lord,
your love is ever before me.
Psalm 26:3
 


God never fails us in our needs.

 
St. Claude de la Colombiere, 17th century

 
 
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To us who are being saved
the cross is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18
 


Wherever the symbol of the cross is set up,
Christ’s victory and the devil’s subjection are signified.

 
St. Peter Damian, 11th century

 
 
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God’s way is perfect.
2 Samuel 22:31
 


Blessed be God in all his designs.

 
Venerable Solanus Casey, 20th century

 
 
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Save us, Lord,
we are perishing!
Matthew 8:25
 


God's grace can be such
that it overturns all obstacles
and brings the calm after the storm.

 
Bl. Charles de Foucauld, 20th century

 

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