June 27th
St Chantal on Prayer
Rise Above Self

To rise above self -- this is what must be done -- above all feelings, all opinions and dislikes, so that we gaze upon God and bind ourselves to Him by a simple assent.  We must march on as if blind, following His providence with confidence, even in the midst of temptation, feelings of abandonment, fears and every sort of trouble, if it be God's good pleasure that we serve Him in this wise.  For what have we done if not to strip ourselves and abandon ourselves without recourse into His blessed hands.  To Him we have confided the care of all that concerns us without exception.  So we must not give any of this a single thought, but rather hold fast to the directions and the last resolutions of our blessed father which teach us never to rest our minds voluntarily in anything but God, not asking ourselves what our soul is doing, or what it has done or will do.