J.M.J.

HOW OFTEN?

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TRIED TO ASSUME FULL CONTROL

TO FIND OUT, MY DEAR CHILDREN, THAT YOU GAINED NOTHING AT ALL?

HOW OFTEN, DEAR CHILDREN, MUST YOU FACE DEFEAT

BEFORE YOU LAY DOWN YOUR BURDENS AT THE CROSS BY GOD’S FEET?

AS LONG AS, DEAR CHILDREN, IN YOUR WAYS YOU PERSIST,

THE GRACES GOD OFFERS YOU WILL ONLY RESIST.

IF SELFISH AMBITIONS YOU MAINTAIN TO PURSUE,

YOU WILL NEVER ATTAIN THE PLANS GOD HAS FOR YOU.

HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU REACHED YOUR GOALS AND FOUND PEACE?

HOW OFTEN HAVE THESE GOALS YOUR FAITH DID INCREASE?
HOW OFTEN, DEAR CHILDREN, DID YOU FEEL SATISFIED

WHEN ALL NOT FOR GOD BUT FOR YOU WAS APPLIED?

WHEN YOU TRY, MY DEAR CHILDREN, TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT,

WITHOUT RELYING ON GOD YOU’LL BECOME MORE DEFICIENT.

IF YOU WISH, MY DEAR CHILDREN, YOUR GOALS TO FULFILL,

ACCEPT WHAT GOD’S GIVING BY DOING HIS WILL.

“THY WILL BE DONE”

10-5-1998

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