Being and Doing – 16 November – Prayer

THY intention should be to unite thy will to the Will of God, and not to draw God’s Will to thine.

SCUPOLI

OUR resignation to the Will of God may be said to be perfect when our will is lost and resolved up in His:  when we rest in His will as our end, as being itself most just, right, and good.   And where is the impossibility of such an affection to what is just and right and good, – such a loyalty of heart to the Governor of the Universe as shall prevail over all sinister desires of our own.

BUTLER

WHEN you say ‘Lead us not into temptation,’ you must in good earnest mean to avoid in your daily conduct those temptations which you have already suffered from.  When you say, ‘Deliver us from evil,’ you must mean to struggle against that evil in your hearts which you are conscious of, and which you pray to be forgiven.

J. H. NEWMAN

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These quotes are from ‘Being and Doing’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.

Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1908 for members of the Being and Doing Guild whose object is to do all they can for the relief of suffering and misery.

Most of the writers are 19th Century Christians from Britain and Europe who were committed to living their faith through deeds as well as words – Being AND Doing.

For many years these words have kept me company and encouraged me on the journey of faith.  I hope they will encourage others also.