Daily Thought For September 8, 2020

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 Approach God Plainly & Simply


Lord, I am here.  Tell me what you would have me do.

If He gives me some task I am content and I thank Him.

If he gives me nothing, I still thank Him

Since I do not deserve to receive anything more than that,

and then I tell God everything that is in my heart.

I tell him about my pains and my joys, and then I listen.

If you listen, God will also speak to you.

For with the good Lord, you have to both speak and listen.

God always speaks to you when you approach him plainly and simply.


Saint Catherine Labouré

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