Excerpt
From chapter two of The Visitation, "Spirituality"
Francis urged Visitation Sisters to "ask for nothing and refuse nothing." Thus they are to accept whatever happens to them as the "will of God's good plesaure."
He expressed the special spirit of the Visitation as one "of deep humility before God and of great gentleness toward one's neighbor." The sisters are further called to simplicity, seeking "God and God alone, independent of everything else."
... They are called to be Daughters of Prayer, simply attentive to the things of God. Virtues and practices are to be embraced with liberty of spirit, "all through love and nothing through constraint."
Francis urged Visitation Sisters to "ask for nothing and refuse nothing." Thus they are to accept whatever happens to them as the "will of God's good plesaure."
He expressed the special spirit of the Visitation as one "of deep humility before God and of great gentleness toward one's neighbor." The sisters are further called to simplicity, seeking "God and God alone, independent of everything else."
... They are called to be Daughters of Prayer, simply attentive to the things of God. Virtues and practices are to be embraced with liberty of spirit, "all through love and nothing through constraint."
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There is great wisdom in that simple phrase "all through love and nothing through constraint." Imagine how many ways that could guide and inform our behavior.
-Tom B.
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