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BUY – “To abandon oneself into the hands of God means to surrender completely to Him the rights over one’s life—plans, thoughts, projects, desires. […] It also means living the present moment: seeing God here and now; discerning what He wants here and now. We should not worry about the past—and even less about the future; anything other than the present must be left in the hands of Divine Providence.”

PDF – “I emerged from my bunk into the pre-dawn darkness, lit a lamp and fired the stove. Ice had formed overnight, but with care the water melted—enough to wash. Pulling on seal-skin boots, I walked two steps to the little altar and there, alone with God, found heaven on earth in that remote chapel.”

BUY – “The great classics of Christian spirituality have regarded as a privileged method for forming the will—that is, for acquiring virtues, uprooting vices, and correcting defects—the daily work on a single, well-defined point in our spiritual or emotional life.”