"There is not a moment in which God does
not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some
consolation to be enjoyed, or of some duty to be performed. All that takes
place within us, around us, or through us, contains and conceals His divine
action. It is really and truly there present, but invisibly present, so that we
are always surprised and do not recognise His operation until it has ceased. If
we could lift the veil, and if we were attentive and watchful God would
continually reveal Himself to us, and we should see His divine action in
everything that happened to us, and rejoice in it. At each successive
occurrence we should exclaim: 'It is the Lord', and we should accept every
fresh circumstance as a gift of God. We should look upon creatures as feeble
tools in the hands of an able workman, and should discover easily that nothing
was wanting to us, and that the constant providence of God disposed Him to
bestow upon us at every moment whatever we required."
— Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment of Divine
Providence
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