By Saint
Claude de la Colombiere
But as the
opportunities for practicing . . . in a big way come rather seldom, we must
take advantage of the small ones which occur daily, and which will soon put us
in a position to face the greater trials with equanimity when the time comes. There is no one who does not experience a
hundred small annoyances every day, caused either by our own carelessness or
inattention, or by the inconsideration or spite of other people, or by pure
accident. Our whole lives are made up on
incidents of this kind, occurring ceaselessly from one minute to another, and
producing a host of involuntary feelings of dislike and aversion, envy, fear,
and impatience to trouble the serenity of our minds. We let an incautious word slip out and wish
we had not said it; someone says something we find offensive; we have to wait a
long time to be served when we are in a hurry; we are irritated by a child’s
boisterousness; a boring acquaintance buttonholes us in the street; a car
splashes us with mud; the weather spoils our outing; our work is not going as
well as we would wish; a tool breaks at a critical moment; we get our clothes
torn or stained–these are not occasions for practicing heroic virtue but they
can be a means of acquiring it if we wish.
If we were careful to offer all these petty annoyances to God and accept
them as being ordered by his providence, we would soon be in a position to
support the greatest misfortunes that can happen to us, besides at the same
time insensibly drawing close to intimate union with God.-
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