Never Let Anything Cause You Trouble

A quote from Catherine McAuley;

Never let anything cause you trouble or disquiet which is not an offence against God.

Catherine had the sense that if it is in God's plan it will work out. There were many hardships in her life, yet her eyes and heart were centered on God. She helped her younger sisters realize that the small things are not to be fretted over, if they are not offensive to God.

As a younger sister living in the Novitiate, we often had two to a room. In the summers there could be three. There could have been times of disquiet and turmoil, but with good practice of this maxim, there seemed to only be fond memories left of those times.

today we have so much of our own space and we complain when anyone invades it, spills over from their own or needs more than "her share". It would be good to re-look at this saying and see what needs to be shored up in our lives and to get back to that sense of equanimity.

And how about you?

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