Cistercian vocation

Thoughts to help or interest those discerning vocation to monastic life

Life and Writings of Brother Rafael (10)

Posted by macrina on November 4, 2009

in the woods21 December 1937

I must convince myself of one thing, that all I do is for God;  the joys he sends me, the tears he gives me, the food I take for his sake, and when I sleep it is for him.

My rule is his will, and his wish is my law.  I live because it pleases him; I shall die when he wants it. I desire nothing apart from God.

May my life be a constant Fiat.

May the Most Holy Virgin help me and guide me on this short road of life in the world.

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