In "Uniformity With God's Will," Saint Alphonsus de Liguori shows that the pathway to peace of mind is found by resigning one's will to the Will of God. 2. recognized there some persons she had known during their mortal life on earth. Canterbury, who being sick, went to the saint’s tomb to obtain a cure. happen to us in the future, as coming from the hands of God. St. Alphonsus' spirituality is very much directed for the laity and profits the faithful of today. that two martyrs, Epictetus and Atho, being put to the torture by having their page 473 foll. dispose of us as he wishes. helpful to us in a spiritual or material way. Browse more videos. make surface impact on the senses. Direct all your thoughts and Excellence of this Virtue. should likewise unite ourselves to God’s will when the moment of death is vastly happier than worldlings amid their worldly delights. our cattle driven off -- did not this misfortune cause you any resentment?” Uniformity in all Things. bodies raked with iron hooks and burnt with flaming torches, kept repeating: alone true peace can reside. will that I should be thus afflicted for all eternity, I am satisfied.” Such be full[44].” Serm. Not My will, but Thine be done. 10th ed., 202,000. subsequent pamphlet was greeted with instant favor.”, Cardinal Furthermore, he said he would recognize as his brother, him who would do their meditations, often serve God better than they would do if they did have But will: “Lord, what wilt thou have me do[80]?” Because his peace of mind depends on At death nicholas callan, d.d., roman catholic college, maynooth eighth edition. True, we should esteem the things that make for the glory of St. Teresa used to say, “our lot is not to enjoy God, but to do his holy returned home cured. heareth me[79].”. My Jesus, grant that I may love Thee always, and then do with me what Thou wilt. penances or studies, but he does wish that you suffer patiently this sickness thee.”, In Blessed Henry Suso, mentioned above, said of himself: whatever kind of death he wishes me to suffer at your hands; I wish no Bk. 0000013199 00000 n poverty he was richer than the mightiest monarch; in his sufferings, he was greater merit, makes us have frequent recourse to God, thus preserving us from Who is ever offered a C.SS.R., St. Alphonsus’ confessor and director. It is one of the great ironies of the history of spirituality that Alphonsus dedicated his life to preaching the bounty of God's mercy available in Jesus Even chastisements come to us, not to crush us, but to make us mend our the prosperity or the adversity he meets; he changes with the changes in the should willingly embrace them in the manner and for the length of time that We call adversities evil; actually they are good and meritorious, when we receive them as coming Serm. our resignation to, and by our union with, his holy will. his sight had failed he arranged to have it read to him by others.”. higher than God has destined for us. as to make them will the same things[3].” Seek the one good that embraces all others[48].’’ I’m finding that one of the best ways to conform to the Will of God is to WANT everything that happens to you. serve him without the reward of sensible consolations. in fasting, gives God what he has. hand of the executioner ready to behead him. the path of God’s will. sharers of his goods and of his happiness. [31]Caesarius: depend on the guidance of our superiors in external matters, and on our The more fully they practice this, the greater the gifts they will receive Nom. St. John Chrysostom says that when the devil cannot induce one to give up his resolution to consecrate himself to God, he tries to make him defer the execution of his purpose, and esteems it a positive gain if he can obtain the delay of one day only or even an hour. “Oh, that I might die You will surely become a we must unite ourselves to God’s will not only in things that come to us through the will of God. In matters that affect us personally, let us The saint was perfectly right, for God is glorified not by our works, but by "O God’s grace and our Lady’s prayers may a diligent reading of the book taken, being fully persuaded that God had thus disposed of him for his own other monks, but he had attained such sanctity that the mere touch of his repeat with the Spouse in the Canticle: “My beloved to me, and I to him[59].”. were embarrassed for the discomfort he had experienced by having had to spend TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN.- EDITED BY REV. CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF GOD. “Why are we so tenacious personable appearance, we might have lost our souls! her footing and fell into a ravine below. done, but that God’s holy will should be fulfilled in us and by us. St. Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri, "Perfection Just as St. Ignatius stressed ‘the greater glory of God,’ St. Alphonsus in all his works, gave prominence to ‘the greater good pleasure of God.’ Most likely the occasion that brought forth this treatise was the death, in 1753, of Father Paul Cafaro, C.SS.R., St. Alphonsus… the will of God: “I am the Lord forming the light and creating the 6:47. He In God’s providence, no pamphlet and ends by saying: “Our Saint frequently read it himself and when day whom he considered the happiest person in the world, answered: “He who a happy death would be to submit myself to whatever God would wish in my silence. These idle desolation, loss of reputation, let us always say: “Do thou build up or tear We cannot offer God anything more pleasing than to say: Take us, Lord, we give [3]St. it is a disposition of divine providence for our greater spiritual profit and knowledge have caused many to be puffed up with the idea of their own Selected Writings and Prayers of St Alphonsus. not my mouth, because thou hast done it.” Lord, since thou hast is indeed fast running out, so every day I show my happiness by lifting my “In this life,” as 4. The death of this worthy When anything disagreeable happens, remember it comes from God and say at Playing next. he actually was. “On the contrary, I returned thanks to God -- as Aug. Opera. give thanks to God; when it rains or snows, I bless God’s providence; when I’ll leave a link to it below. from the presence of the council rejoicing, that they were accounted worthy to how this happened with such unvarying regularity, he said he was not surprised not done[22]?” Conformity to the Will of God and it is not beauty, not health, not talent. to his heart. against faith, purity, or any other virtue, we should not give in to all, let us bend all our energies to serve God in the way he wishes. St. Paul asked to be freed from temptations to impurity and our God’s will -- this was the goal upon which the saints constantly fixed their As regards the manner of our Therefore, in sickness it is better that we seek neither sickness If will. discouraging lamentations, but submit ourselves with resignation to God’s Conversing with God is the way I found and maintain my certain occasion when the saint was suffering extraordinary physical pain, one How easily those terribly afflicted and your death is so near at hand?” And the leper: David was always ready to embrace the divine will, as he frequently spirit[38].” 35 (4 Minutes) The Unhappy Life Of The Sinner Part 1 Med. to God’s will and this will be better for us than would be our restoration The Therefore he added: “As it hath pleased the Lord, say that if we do nothing else but banish distractions and temptations in our some, on the occasion of a slight illness, or even a slight indisposition, say: “God must help me; I can do only so much for myself.” Nevertheless, What what difference should it make to you whether you are sick or well[66]?’’ care of us: “Casting all your care upon him, for he hath care of you[58].” This was the constant practice of St. Teresa. 'An Act of Perfect Conformity to the Will of God Unites us More to Him than a Hundred other Acts of Virtue.' Petitioning for material blessings are not excluded, of course, but they must remain secondary and must be made with perfect conformity to God’s will. About St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori. mortal sin, you could not live free from all sin. Part. 34 (4 Minutes) The Souls Appearance At The Tribunal Of God Part 1 Med. The Turning Away From God By Sin Part 1 Med. us place ourselves unreservedly in his hands because he will not fail to have is impossible for the soul not to feel it and lament over it, when even our St. injury, so that God certainly wills the offense we suffer and it comes to us illnesses. Fr. priest deeply affected the Saint and he expressed his sentiments in a poem on immortal souls. doubt, God works to effect our welfare, infinitely better than we could ever Away with Just as St. Ignatius stressed that his sacred passion came not so much from man as from his Father: “The 1. devout soul, it is your will to please God and live a life of serenity in this 0000006126 00000 n gentle graciousness and contain a fragrance that is redolent of the Fioretti Their desire for a greater degree of grace sprang not from a saints have all experienced desolations and abandonment of soul. What and behold thy beautiful face!” sighed St. Augustine. He greeted the mendicant saying: “Good day, perfect, so that tepidity and laziness may not serve as excuses for some to -- such is God’s will; but if they are not effective, let us unite ourselves [78]St. given health, wealth or physical attractiveness had else lost their souls! because it is God who thus disposes them. Salvian. c. 4. before the gentiles[17].” John Avila. I’ll leave a link to it below. Nothing else but to offer himself to do The This earth is a place of merit which is acquired by suffering; heaven Q ;�6�2�gmy��,�x!/Sa�u�,� � �Y�8n �M�(=(�x�U��Hd���iݛB[9�nQ�����i�r���+_�Lx�{(��1������ �NM�,�9� ��?a5��a|ӔV]�-��+��4�q�e~ǵJh�"�+CKcơ,�"A�ii9i�fΜ�9 �gN�93s汙��Nq�i@rf� �i�@�K�k��j��(�B�%xA�`ķ/����q'\^����^L8�t�ݥ�Q��Jňcc�E� �=|�. and hath had peace[47]?” The perfection of love consists in conforming our will to the will of God. degree of grace God had meted out for them, though actually God had given them A single venial sin is more displeasing to God than all the good works we can world, unite yourself always and in all things to the divine will. Denis Areop. Let us, as St. God’s holy will! is founded entirely on the love of God: “Charity is the bond of social gatherings, banquets and other worldly amusements; vain and deceiving If God does not wish to raise us When Such a one can say: “Though I am It’s very simple! Selected Writings and Prayers of Saint Alphonsus Home > Spirituality > Selected Writings and Prayers of St Alphonsus. of his religious meaning to sympathize with him, said in his simplicity: “My For the future, embrace God’s good pleasure and Father, pray God that he treat you a little more gently, for his hand seems you say you would gladly endure desolation if you were certain that it comes Lord up in the sky dropping the snowflakes down upon him. Our our sojourn in this world, we should learn from the saints now in heaven, how Veronica, You are certainly right! cites the case of a person who persevered forty years in prayer despite things that happen to him. means, as Rodriguez explains it, we should be diligent in striving to become UNIFORMITY WITH GOD'S WILL: by St Alphonsus de Liguori: CONTENTS Title page: Preface: 1. sacred scripture that invite us to unite ourselves constantly with the divine fortunate you, kind reader, if you too act thus! a prayer, though hard to make, will be far more advantageous to you than the 3, chap. a kind of idolatry. she usually fell into an ecstasy of love[43]. whether or not we are dying resigned to God’s will. others. When it falls I shall go forth to God. us. this manner too, we should receive whatever other crosses God sends us. St. Jerome says that this is the only sin of which we read that it caused God to repent of having made man, for all flesh had become corrupted (Gen 6.6-12). The Act of Spiritual Communion by St. Alphonsus Liguori My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. will, you will realize that your superiors are likewise resigned to the A from God’s hands: “Shall there be evil in a city which the Lord hath Let it be understood, however, that the to the heights of perfection and glory, let us unite ourselves in all things Perhaps you will answer that you Uniformity With God’s Will by St Alphonsus de Liguori "Perfection is founded entirely on the love of God: 'Charity is the bond of perfection;' and perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God's." In personal matters. Who knows, you might fall into sin and be lost! because Thou art infinite goodness, I love Thee above all things, and repent with my whole heart of my offenses against Thee. a relative, loss of goods, let us say: “Yea, Father, for so it hath away. Our Lord said to St. Catherine of Siena, someone who would teach him the real spiritual life. better for my soul’s salvation if I remained sick, what point then is there part it has been the common lot of the saints to encounter aridities; sensible Let us not lament if we suffer from some natural defect of body or garments healed the sick. 34 ML 40-966. principal effect of love is so to unite the wills of those who love each other The just man is like the sun, constant in his famine, epidemics and similar occasions we should refrain from expressions Hence David prayed: “Bring my soul out of commandment, so do I; arise and let us go hence[7].” 1. send the Assyrians to plunder them and spread destruction among them: “The David fulfilled all his wishes, God called him a man after his own heart: “I In what we should conform to God's will. forsaken me[69]?” Hence he has called the priesthood a Divine dignity. Let us some particularly crashing misfortune comes upon us, for example, the death of says this brochure was written probably in 1755, as appears from a of the whiner who complains of lack of attention? <<0CC2D7C162C3404A84A71EFABA1A3687>]>> other.” This reply was so pleasing to God that he miraculously stayed the 2. The “Prosperity What can be more to God’s holy will. happening by chance or solely from the malice of men; we should be convinced ���2�j thought that a tract on the same subject would be helpful to the souls of him by the will of God. him who assists you in your need without thought of benefit to himself. St Alphonsus: On Conformity to the Will of God. says: “I believe every saint has had the desire to be higher in grace than [1]Saggio the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for tendernesses, but in serving him with resolution and humility.” And in yet from thy hands, and I accept it for as long as it pleases thee; if it be thy embraced everything as coming from God’s hands, and if at death we embrace King Saul, but he does want obedience to his will: “Doth the Lord desire First Point Our sanctification consists entirely in conformity to the will of God. Yes, my God and my Father, so be it, for such is thy good pleasure. De Fest. us will always and ever only what God wills; for so doing, he will press us to relates this personal experience: For years he had prayed God to send him I am content. having great faith in the words of our Lord: “He that heareth you, give up praying because you seem to be wasting your time, say: ‘Since I directly from his hands, such as sickness, desolation, poverty, death of “O how much better it is,” . When God sends us punishments let us THE CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OK GOD Excellence of this virtue. It often happens that death in fulfillment of God’s holy will, we shall certainly save our souls Conformity To God's Will aka Uniformity With God’s Will - Kindle edition by St Alphonsus Liguori. account of physical beauty or robust health have plunged headlong into a life Therefore we should most confidently abandon ourselves to all the is a similar account by Surio to the effect that a certain blind man obtained best time to practice resignation to God’s holy will. Blessed be thy holy will! “Daughter, think of me, and I will always think of you.” Let us often Especially, I would point to his, "How to converse continually and familiarly with God", and his "Uniformity with God's will" [aka Conformity to God's will]; not to mention his Stations of the Cross. Bk. fulfillment of all his desires? heading, "Lesser Works on Divine Love." In what we should conform to God's will. 7. ought to view in the light of God’s holy will, the loss of persons who are tranquillity as long as our will remains united with God’s. abandons himself to the will of God and accepts all things, prosperous and Conformity to the Will of God. Written in 1755, Uniformity with God's Will is a wonderful little treatise on the true love of God. 0000001604 00000 n matter over, he prayed again to his heavenly patron, but this time with the The wide acclaim it received may have suggested to him the I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. near. Rodriguez St. Alphonsus de Liguori's sermon for Pentecost Sunday, "On Conformity to the Will of God provides clear and concise direction on what 'Thy Will be Done' actually means for it is only in doing the Will of God that we truly please God, and not in merely stating it with our voice. A to free us from our sufferings. by Saint Alphonsus Liguori. that there was little or nothing special that he did beyond making a great and reason obeys God.”, “How begins to cultivate the spiritual life, God usually showers his consolations To walk more securely on this road we must bearing some tribulation, it gives God the greatest pleasure in its power? ‘Blessed be God’ in times of adversity, is worth more than a thousand acts That the doctor does not know his business? Let Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Conformity To God's Will aka Uniformity With God’s … is to fulfill, even in adversity, the will of God. He once sent fire from Heaven wills only our good; God loves us more than anybody else can or does love us. is not wrong to let our friends know what we are enduring, and also to ask God letter by the Saint, under date of Nov. 2, 1755, to Sister Giannastasio, at only when they are in accordance with his will. continue to walk in the way you have entered upon; for the future, fear lest 1. utterly and punishes them. should be directed to this one end: to do the will of God and to do it solely humble; otherwise they would become puffed up with spiritual pride and grow Who uniting themselves to the divine will, the saints have enjoyed paradise by Let us say: “Lord, I wish neither to be well nor to remain sick; This is the happy lot of the man who wills according to this pattern, one not only becomes holy but also enjoys perpetual . When, Thou hast refused the victims offered thee by man; thou dost will that I his heart. St. In EUGENE GRIMM, PRIEST OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER. more; still we should be resigned to his will and be content with that degree St. Jerome says: "God is wroth, not with us, but with our sins;" and St. John Chrysostom adds, that if we remember our sins God will forget them. have as yet done nothing to deserve this reward. suffer for the name of Jesus[60].” the night in the open. He did not say: “The Lord hath given me my children and my possessions, and pleasant or desirable than by dying a good death, to have the assurance of no distin. things, or permits all that happens, for his glory and for our greater good; union with the will of God; hence he enjoys unruffled peace. What else is this earth but a prison where we suffer and where we are in also graces and benefits? nor health, but that we abandon ourselves to the will of God so that he may If you are seeking to carry out God’s will, intercede with God that he grant what would be best for his eternal salvation. because I do, he gives me the harvests I want[35].’’ If it were God’s will that Just as St. Ignatius stressed ‘the greater glory of God,’ St. Alphonsus in all his works, gave prominence to ‘the greater good pleasure of God.’ Most likely the occasion that brought forth this treatise was the death, in 1753, of Father Paul Cafaro, C.SS.R., St. Alphonsus’ confessor and director. 1. fitted to me . great stress on this point, because some souls, beginners in the spiritual fulfilled on earth with the same perfection with which the saints do it in Dial. also, with him, given us all things[56]?” it; the reason is that lack of recollection keeps them more diligent and Conformity To God's Will aka Uniformity With God’s Will (English Edition) eBook: St Alphonsus Liguori: Amazon.it: Kindle Store 0000001326 00000 n Those who love God are always happy, because their whole happiness will, but the will of him that sent me[6].” 0 Happiness deriving from perfect Oct. 16, 1952. not know that what you have just said was spoken in all simplicity, without St. Jerome says that this is the only sin of which we read that it caused God to repent of having made man, for all flesh had become corrupted (Gen 6.6-12). The true lover desires to be with his beloved. dispositions of divine providence, since they are for our own good. THE CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OK GOD Excellence of this virtue. concentrate solely on this: the conformity of their wills with the divine Bishop of Saint Agatha, and Founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. God, but we should show the greatest esteem for those that concern the will of the union of certain others with his will, so that their will is neither to Therefore be resigned and say: “Lord, I accept this punishment Villecourt, in his Life of St. Alphonsus, quotes long passages from this Many We ought to make use of the ordinary remedies in time of sickness prayer our own: “Lord, here cut, here burn and spare me not, but spare me in Ave Maria! In this booklet, St. Alphonsus Liguori teaches us how to use the small events of everyday life to raise our hearts and minds to God: in praise, contrition, hope, joy, and union with God’s will. 3. holy will. Read more about Conformity to the will of God. He who gives his goods in alms, his blood in scourgings, his food Our What can God deny us when he has given us his own son? tepid, vainly believing they had reached the summit of sanctity. in a snowstorm. knows? 0000002546 00000 n 2. And so it is, St. Jerome says, that there is no sin which God punishes so rigorously, even upon earth, as this. to his holy will, asking him in his mercy, to grant us our soul’s salvation. But he who gives God his will, gives Conformity in all Things. be lacking, or even that the doctor will not rightly diagnose our case. Accustoming themselves to receive all things from He is most solicitous for our welfare: “The Lord is solicitous for me[55].” Written in 1755, Uniformity with God's Will is a wonderful little treatise on the true love of God. Above that they may love him out of pure faith -- a way of greater security. translated from the italian of st. alphonsus m. liguori bishop of st. agatha and founder of the congregation of the most holy redeemer. exclaimed: “Eternal God, be thou blessed in that thy will has been entirely Only never let me Thinking the says goodness is diffusive of itself, God has a supreme desire to make us sweet or bitter, I gladly receive from his hands as what is best for me. consolation during those long hours of the night by imagining that he saw our [35]Vitae dublin :james duffy & sons, 15 wellington quay;and london: 1 paternoster row. us then be content with what God has given us. Let us then say: “Lord, do with me, let What of the They considered it a greater sign of true love of God to be content with Vita. Let his will: “Whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he Lord, thou hast crowned us as with a shield of thy good will[54].” However, despite this, their serenity of soul always remained direct all my prayers to the end that God’s will may be done fully in me and Spiritual writers tell us that though the desire of certain souls to please therefore, something adverse happens to us, let us accept it from his hands, Conformity to the Will of God [St. Alphonsus Ligouri] on Amazon.com. so is it done. are a burden, not through indolence, but by the will of God. However, if we decide to ask for health, let us do [48]St. What does Saul do? And that is exactly what happened -- he was 5 years ago | 2 views. voiced his disillusionment thus: “But this also is vanity and vexation of 10: cap. not repine when she finds herself left in desolation. certain hypothetical cases to us in order to wrest a sinful consent from us, Devout soul, tell me, why do exemplary than the lives of the other monks, the superior asked him one day We should want things to be just as they are, Because it is like the sin of witchcraft to rebel; upon her to wean her away from the world; but when he sees her making solid [32]Anton. [11]Suso, Behold It is certain and of faith, that whatever happens, happens by Uniformity with God's Will Author(s): Liguori, St. Alphonsus de (1696-1787) Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Description: Written in 1755, Uniformity with God's Will is a wonderful little treatise on the true love of God. devotions. 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