The Sanctification of Our Actions.
“He hath done all things well.” — St. Matt. 7:37.
TWENTIETH DAY.
Think of God during the time that you are occupied. If He abandons you, you cannot make a step without falling. Imitate little children, who with one hand cling to their mother, while they do as they will with the other. In all your actions turn yourself from time to time towards your heavenly Father, to see if that which you do is pleasing to Him, and to implore His help. You will do better what you have to do, and you will find that easy which before was difficult. Represent to yourself Mary, using one hand to work while with the other she holds the Divine Infant. — St. Francis of Sales.
During the time that St. Magdalene of Pazzi was exteriorly it seemed, said her companions, that it was only her body that acted, and that her soul was more united to Him Whom she loved than to the body which it animated.
When St. Vincent de Paul was engaged in any business, even the most intricate, his conversation seemed to be more in heaven with God than on earth with men.
Someone, seeing a poor woman weeping while cooking, asked, “Why do you weep?” “Have I not just reason for tears?” she said. “It takes but a little fire to cook these vegetables, while neither the perfections of God, which are infinite, nor His benefits, which are innumerable, are capable of filling my heart with the fire of love for Him.”
Prayer
My God, grant me grace to converse with Thee at all times, even in occupations the most dissipating. It is but just that my soul be as united to thee as it is to my body.