"O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt."-MATT. xxvi. 39.
O LORD my God, do Thou Thy holy will,-
I will lie still.
I will not stir, lest I forsake Thine arm,
And break the charm
Which lulls me, clinging to my Father's breast,
In perfect rest.
-J. KEBLE
RESIGNATION to the will of God is the whole of piety; it includes in it all that is good; and is a source of the most settled quiet and composure of mind. Our resignation to the will of God may be said to be perfect, when our will is lost and resolved up into His; when we rest in His will as our end, as being itself most just, and right, and good. And where is the impossibility of such an affection to what is just and right and good, such a loyalty of heart to the Governor of the universe, as shall prevail over all sinister indirect desires of our own?
-JOSEPH BUTLER
THERE are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.
F. W. FABER
LORD, Thy will be done in father, mother, child, in everything and everywhere; without a reserve. without a BUT, an IF, or a limit.
FRANCIS DE SALES
