As the deer longs ...
As 
As the deer longs
for running streams,
so my soul longs
for you, my God.
(Psalm 42)
Sacrament of the Present Moment (Key Excerpts)
Jean Pierre de Caussade “Sacrament of the Present Moment” (Key Excerpts) Just as it is fire and not the philosophy or science of that element and its effects that heats, so it is God’s order and his will which sanctify and not curious speculations about its origin or purpose. What he ordains for us each moment is what is most holy, best, and most divine for us. The mysterious growth of Jesus Christ in our heart is the accomplishment of God’s purpose, the fruit of his grace and divine will. This fruit, as has been pointed out, forms, grows, and ripens in the succession of our duties to the present which are continually being replenished by God, so that obeying them is always the best we can do. We must offer no resistance and blindly abandon ourselves to his divine will in perfect trust. It is the will of God that gives everything, whatever it may be, the power to form Jesus Christ in the center of our being Souls must look upon ever...
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