Taken from: HOLY ABANDONMENT
Rt. Rev. Dom Vitalis Lehodey,
O.C.R.
Original Pub. 1934,
Dublin
Contents:
NOTES ON THE MEANING OF ABANDONMENT AND
ENGLISH USAGE OF THE TRANSLATION
INTRODUCTORY LETTER
GOD'S WILL, THE SUPREME RULE OF LIFE
THE SIGNIFIED WILL OF GOD
ON OBEDIENCE TO THE SIGNIFIED WILL OF GOD
ON CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF GOOD PLEASURE
EFFORTS PERMISSIBLE IN ABANDONMENT
DETACHMENT
ON
CONFIDENCE IN DIVINE PROVIDENCE
FAILURES IN THE WORKS OF ZEAL
THE WANT OF SUCCESS IN WHAT CONCERNS OUR OWN
SANCTIFICATION
WANT OF SUCCESS IN DEALING WITH
SOULS
OUR OWN FAULTS
INTERIOR TRIALS IN GENERAL
TEMPTATIONS
CONSOLATIONS
AND ARIDITIES
DARKNESS, INSENSIBILITY, ETC.
INTRODUCTION
DARKNESS
OF MIND
INSENSIBILITY OF HEART, DISGUST, ETC.
IMPOTENCE OF THE WILL
SPIRITUAL POVERTY
PEACE
VARIOUS FEARS
FEAR OF GOD JUST AND HOLY
SCRUPULOSITY
TWO MEMORABLE EXAMPLES OF SAINTS
NOTES ON THE MEANING OF ABANDONMENT AND
ENGLISH USAGE OF THE TRANSLATION
NOTE 1: Holy abandonment, is
different than
obedience, which has its roots in the cardinal virtue of justice,
whereas abandonment has its roots in the theological virtue of charity.
Holy abandonment surrenders one's own will to that of the will of God:
surrender is more than resignation or submission, for it is done out of
total love for and trust in God, after first having accomplished in
oneself indifference to the will of God, that is, having no preference
whatsoever, but that one always wills what he wills, because He wills
it. In resignation, one can may still maintain one's preference while
accepting the will of God. This is submission, not surrender because
one has not completely given up one's own will.
NOTE
2:
The original English usage has been maintained throughout. For
instance, if you
should see the word catholic, when you think it ought to be Catholic,
the lower case is correct. We seldom employ the word "catholic"
meaning, universal, anymore, but when this work was penned, it was in
common use. The one exception is the verb fulfill which replaces the
original fulfil, in order to shorten Spellcheck operations
because the author employed variations of this word so often.
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