June 21st
St Chantal on Prayer
In His Good Pleasure

Now then, since God has removed from you the knowledge, the enlightenment, and the consciousness of the graces which He had placed in you, and has thus entirely reduced you to poverty, it is His desire that you remain patient and submissive to His good pleasure.  You are not to wish either to see or to know where your faith lies, nor where are any of the other virtues, tastes, consolations, feelings, or whatever you please, and in brief, all the graces, consolations and feelings of inward devotion; contenting yourself with the knowledge that God holds all these things within Himself, and that, by maintaining your union with Him, you possess and hold within yourself all that is His.  But above all do not waste any time deliberately considering in what fashion you are united to God, nor in examining the degree of your submission, abandonment to His will, and trust in Him.  Be content that God should know these things and should see them, and be confident that all He asks of you at present is that you dwell in Him in patient peace and silence, gazing upon Him, as best you can, while He works His divine labors within your soul.