"I Believe in Love" Day 12 Part Two---Abandonment to Jesus

[Dawn Marie]

Excerpts from the book “I believe in love”.

By Father Jean C.J. d’Elbee

 

DAY 12

PART TWO

ABANDONMENT TO JESUS

ABANDONMENT, RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD, INCLUDES EVERYTHING.  IT REQUIRES A HUMILITY, SINCE IT IS SUBMISSION OF OURSELVES TO CREATURES AND EVENTS, SEEING JESUS HIMSELF IN THEM.  IT REQUIRES AN IMMENSE FAITH, CONFIDENCE EVERY MOMENT, TO TEAR OPEN THE VEIL OF SECONDARY CAUSES, TO BREAK THROUGH THE SCREEN OF CREATURES WHICH TOO OFTEN PREVENTS US FROM SEEING JESUS BEHIND THEM, WHO GOVERNS EVERYTHING, SINCE NOTHING----NOTHING----HAPPENS WITHOUT HIS HAVING WILLED OR PERMITTED IT.

ABANDONMENT IS NOTHING BUT OBEDIENCE PUSHED TO ITS EXTREME, SINCE IT CONSISTS OF SUBMISSION TO EVERYTHING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE POSSIBLE AND REASONABLE, IN ORDER TO OBEY GOD, WHO HAS FORESEEN AND WILLED IT ALL.

FINALLY, IT IS IN ABANDONMENT THAT OUR GREAT DESIRES FIND THEIR PERFECT FULFILLMENT.  I SPOKE TO YOU OF THE SPLENDID PASSAGE FROM LITTLE THERESE WHERE SHE SAYS THAT SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO “ENLIGHTEN SOULS AS DID THE PROPHETS AND DOCTORS, TO ENCIRCLE THE EARTH AND ANNOUNCE THE GOSPEL UNTO THE REMOTE ISLANDS, TO HAVE BEEN A MISSIONARY SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD, AND TO BE ONE UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION OF THE WORLD, TO HAVE SUFFERED ALL MARTYRDOM'S.”

SHE FINDS THE MEANS TO REALIZE ALL THAT BY BEING THE LOVE IN THE HEART OF THE CHURCH, HER MOTHER.  HOW?  BY LIVING IN COMPLETE CONFORMITY WITH THE WILL OF GOD, WHO IS NOTHING BUT LOVE.

 

TO LIVE WITH ABANDONMENT IS TO DISCOVER A PERFECT HARMONY IN GOD, IT IS JESUS, WHO WRITES ALL THE LINES, ALL THE WORDS, AND ALL THE LETTERS OF OUR LIVES. 

IT IS STRIKING TO SEE HOW THE SANCTITY OF ALL THE SAINTS IS CONSUMMATED IN TOTAL ABANDONMENT.  ALL THEIR EFFORTS, ALL THEIR PRAYERS, ALL THE LIGHTS WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM HEAVEN HAVE LED THEM TO THIS.

WHEN OUR LORD MAKES SOME REPROACH TO THE SAINTS, TO SAINT GERTRUDE, TO SAINT MARGARET MARY, FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS MOST OFTEN THEIR LACK OF ABANDONMENT WHICH HE LAMENTS.

ST. MARGARET MARY, SHORTLY BEFORE HER DEATH, WROTE THAT SHE HAD FINALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE EXPECTED OF HER WHEN HE SAID TO HER, “LET ME DO IT.”  “HIS SACRED HEART”, SHE WROTE, “WILL DO EVERYTHING FOR ME IF I LET HIM. HE SHALL WILL, HE SHALL LOVE, HE SHALL DESIRE FOR ME AND MAKE UP FOR ALL MY FAULTS.”

LIKE ST. MARGARET MARY, YOU MAY HEAR JESUS A HUNDRED TIMES A DAY, SAYING TO YOU, “LET ME DO IT.”   IN YOUR DIFFICULTIES, IN YOUR PROBLEMS, IN ALL THOSE THINGS IN YOUR DAILY LIFE WHICH ARE SOMETIMES SO DIFFICULT, SO DISTRESSING, WHEN YOU ASK YOURSELF, “WHAT SHALL I DO?  HOW SHALL I DO IT?”  LISTEN TO HIM SAYING TO YOU, “LET ME DO IT.” 

LITTLE THERESE CAME IN THIS WAY TO THE POINT OF NO LONGER HAVING ANY OTHER DESIRE THAN TO LOVE JESUS TO THE POINT OF “FOOLISHNESS”.

 

 

“I DESIRE NEITHER SUFFERING NOR DEATH, YET I LOVE BOTH; BUT IT IS LOVE ALONE WHICH ATTRACTS ME.  NOW IT IS ABANDONMENT ALONE WHICH GUIDES ME.  I HAVE NO OTHER COMPASS.  MY HEART IS FULL OF THE WILL OF JESUS.  AH, IF MY SOUL WERE NOT ALREADY FILLED WITH HIS WILL, IF IT HAD TO BE FILLED WITH THE FEELINGS OF JOY AND SADNESS WHICH FOLLOW EACH OTHER SO QUICKLY, IT WOULD BE A TIDE OF VERY BITTER SORROW.  BUT THESE ALTERNATIVES DO NOTHING BUT BRUSH ACROSS MY SOUL.  I ALWAYS REMAIN IN PROFOUND PEACE WHICH NOTHING CAN TROUBLE.  IF THE LORD OFFERED ME THE CHOICE, I WOULD NOT CHOSE ANYTHING: I WANT NOTHING BUT WHAT HE WANTS.  IT IS WHAT HE DOES THAT I LOVE.  I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO BRING MYSELF TO THIS DEGREE OF ABANDONMENT.  NOW I HAVE REACHED IT, FOR THE LORD TOOK ME AND PUT ME THERE.”

[AnnaMaria]

Amen

[Alley]

With love + 

[Flavia Talladen Schott]

Amen. 

[MARIA ESTHER DE VALLE]

Amen

[AnnaMaria]

AMEN

[AURA CID L F FERREIRA DE BRITTO]

 NOTHING -- NOTHING -- HAPPENS WITHOUT HIS HAVING WILLED OR PERMITTED IT. 

IT IS WHAT HE DOES THAT I LOVE.

IT IS IN ABANDONMENT THAT OUR GREAT DESIRES FIND THEIR PERFECT FULFILLMENT AND

BY LIVING IN COMPLETE CONFORMITY WITH THE WILL OF GOD, WHO IS NOTHING BUT LOVE.

†Amen†

 

[bernadette szczepkowski]

Pray for us, Little Flower+

[Michael]

Amen.

[bernadette szczepkowski]

"Let Me do it" says Our Blessed Lord. Take over our wills!

[Michael]

Amen.