My divine friend (Part 1)

I want to tell you about my divine Friend, because He is so good to me that I really have to share about Him with you. It is not that I think that you do not know Him and that He is exclusively my Friend – of course not! But if I tell you about Him, perhaps you will know Him a little better. Indeed, the more we hear about Him and the more time we spend with Him, the better we will know Him.

We will never tire of being with Him and it will always be a joy to meet Him.

This my divine friend is very strong, but also reserved. He does not impose Himself, but He is always ready if we only call upon Him and ask Him to come. He does not hesitate.

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“THE BENEFIT OF ADVERSITY”

‘Adversity can do you more good than a thousand joys’ (St. Bonaventure).

The most difficult lessons in the spiritual life is to take advantage of the tribulations and crosses that our Father allows to come upon us in order to draw us more deeply to Himself. A German proverb aptly says: ‘Adversity teaches us to pray.’ This statement alone can help us understand that God has allowed this or that difficulty so that we may turn to Him.

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