Finally, love justifies Providence and approves all its ways.
"The child of God believes in his heavenly Father, he adores Him, he trusts Him, but above all he loves Him. And because he loves Him, he feels an affection for everything that comes from Him, even when His Providence appears harsh and severe. Thus, his filial love pushes almost to extravagance the respect he feels for all that is sent us from heaven. St. Francis de Sales disliked to hear people complaining of the weather: 'a bad day,' 'it is bitterly cold,' or 'it is excessively warm.' Such language, he used to say, does not become a child of Providence, who should always bless the hand of his heavenly Father."
Love acts in the same manner when secondary causes and human malice intervene. Beyond and above the events and the visible agents it sees the Well-Beloved, the God of its heart, and so, with a filial affection and unalterable reverence, it kisses the hand that smites it.
— Holy Abandonment, Rev. Vital Lehodey, 1934, on the love of God, p. 107
Topic: The Saints on Charity (for God + Neighbour) (Read 2007 times)