Trustful Surrender

As a hard- headed child of God, I quite often have the tendency to try to understand Him and His ways on my own. It is amazing how many times I try to reinvent the "Catholic Wheel". In the course of trying to wrap my mind around the true meaning of divine providence, I finally wised up and decided to consult an underutilized source from my bookshelf: The Catechism of the Catholic Church.  The following passages on divine providence are taken directly from the Catechism. There is no other source outside of Holy Scriptures that can explain it better. GOD CARRIES OUT HIS PLAN: DIVINE PROVIDENCE 302 Creation has its own goodness and proper perfection, but it did not spring forth complete from the hands of the Creator. the universe was created "in a state of journeying" (in statu viae) toward an ultimate perfection yet to be attained, to which God has destined it. We call "divine providence" the dispositions by which God guides his creatio...

Rick shares with us a story about how choosing to conform to God's Will, especially when we may not initially want to, really does lead to peace in our lives:     "After reading Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence , I knew intellectually that it was the truth. However, I didn't know how I could wish for God's will and not my own short sighted wishes. This story is about the first time I realized conforming my will to His can bring peace today.     My entire family including my parents, siblings, and all our kids (18 in all) had been planning a Mediterranean cruise for 3 years. We were going to Sicily to visit our ancestors homeland. The amount of work putting this together and excitement was tremendous. We were flying to Europe from all over the USA. My wife, 2 boys ( ages 14 and 17) arrived at our local airport and were told that our flight was cancelled. After 2 hours and trying many options including speaking with 3 supervisors, I real...

Here's a great story from Fr George Rutler from the Catholic Education Resource Center. I like his quotation to the Catechism #395 with the "divine providence" reference. Satan never looks like Satan click below: Satan

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