I Have Made A Pact

There Are No Galley-slaves In The Royal Vessel Of Divine Love - Every Man Works His Oar Voluntarily!

Naturally We All Have An Inclination To Command, And A Great Aversion To Obey; And Yet It Is Certain That It Is More For Our Good To Obey Than To Command; Hence Perfect Souls Have Always Had A Great Affection For Obedience, And Have Found All Their Joy And Comfort In It.

Many Great Persons Have Been Of Opinion That Love Is No Other Thing Than Complacency Itself, In Which They Have Had Much Appearance Of Reason. For Not Only Does The Movement Of Love Take Its Origin From The Complacency Which The Heart Feels At The First Approach Of Good, And Find Its End In A Second Complacency Which Returns To The Heart By Union With The Thing Beloved--but Further, It Depends For Its Preservation On This Complacency, And Can Only Subsist Through It As Through Its Mother And Nurse; So That As Soon As The Complacency Ceases, Love Ceases.

I See Crosses At Every Turn. My Flesh Shudders Over It, But My Heart Adores Them. Yes, I Hail You, Crosses Little And Great, I Hail You, And Kiss Your Feet, Unworthy Of The Honor Of Your Shadow.

Strive To See God In All Things Without Exception. Do Not Smother Yourself...if You Start Smothering Yourself With A Host Of Cares And Longings And Wishes ... You Will Be Disabling Yourself From Serving God With All Your Heart.