The Sanctification of Our Actions.
“He hath done all things well.” — St. Matt. 7:37.
TWENTY-SECOND DAY.
Do faithfully at all times what Our Lord asks of you, and leave to God to think of all other things. I assure you, living in this manner you will find great peace. — St. Jane Frances.
It is thus, she said, that St. Francis of Sales lived when he performed an action or was engaged in any affair; he gave himself to it as perfectly as if it were the only things in the world.
St. Gregory of Nazianzen said of his mother that she gave herself entirely to what she was doing; consequently she did everything marvelously well.
Prayer.
I will often say to myself, Perhaps I shall die after this action, I shall be judged by this action, I shall be eternally punished or rewarded by this action.