I will forget everything that was, and is to come; nor think of what lies ahead of me. Whatever I am wont to carry and to hold in my arms I will let fall before Jesus. It will not fall into the void: standing before Jesus, I deliver all up to Him. Everything belongs to Him: all burdening worries and all great concerns, both mine and those of the souls I love. I am not abandoning them as I would abandon them in seeking diversion: I know that in Jesus they are truly in a safe harbor. When at His call I relinquish and abandon all things, I am not casting them away; on the contrary, I am assigning everything to its proper place.--Dietrich von Hildebrand, Transformation in Christ
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Thanks for this, timman. VERY timely.
(Don't you agree, cp?!)
You are welcome, HSMom. Prayers for you, too.
Great quote and great prayer! I remember hearing this in a sermon once...
I thought you might have... :-)
Hope you don't mind pointing again to von Hildebrand, whose thought is so much in the spirit of the Institute; those early Gemeinschaft lay faithful have passed on a treasure of faith, practice and good example.
In other words....
The dude abides.
Anon from Oakland's voice is familiar...a slight accent perhaps?
Anyway, HSMom and I were discussing things of this nature yesterday. Timely, Timman, timely.
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