October 20
Companions of the Way (Morning)What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits towards me? I will take the cup of salvation.
WE ought not to talk as if only sorrow brought conversion. There is a grace for happy people too. Blessed is the soul that for very happiness is broken and contrite, turns away from its sins, and goes to Jesus with the spontaneous and unselfish love of gratitude! Anything that makes a man stop and change, and be something different from what he has been, is a compelling grace of God.
PHILLIPS BROOKS, The more abundant Life
THE SACRAMENT OF JOY