“O Lord, blessed be Your Name forever, because You willed me to suffer this tribulation. I cannot escape it, so I have recourse to You, that You may help me to profit by it. O Lord, I am deeply afflicted, my heart can find no rest , and it suffers much on account of this hard trial. What can I say to You, O beloved Father? I am in anguish; Lord, save me! This happens to me in order to glorify You by my very humiliation, but later, You will deliver me. May it please You to deliver me, O Lord, for alone and wretched, what can I do or where can I go without You? “Give me once more the grace of patience! Help me. O God, and I shall fear nothing, even if the burden is heavy. And now, what shall I say in all these misfortunes? Lord, Your will be done. I well deserve the tribulation which is crushing me. I must bear it. May I do so patiently, until the storm is past and calm reestablished” (Imit. III, 29,1.2). “O my Jesus, nothing from You but dryness. But I am very happy to suffer that which You want me to suffer. I am happy to see that You show me that I am not a stranger by treating me like this. “O Lord, make my darkness serve to enlighten souls. I consent, if such is Your will, to continue walking all my life in the darkness of faith, provided that one day I arrive at the goal of the mountain of love. “I am very happy to have no consolation, for thus my love is not like that of the worlds brides who are always looking at their bridegroom’s hands to see if they bear a gift, or at his face in the hope of glimpsing a smile of love to enchant them… 0 Jesus, I want to love You for Yourself alone… I do not desire love that I feel, but only love that You feel” (T.C.J. L, 5I,90,93,89). Adapted from Divine Intimacy by Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D. Read more: rcspiritualdirection/blog/2013/05/02/aridity-and-progress-divine-intimacy-3#ixzz2goD2G7cb
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