Post by Eric Gajewski on May 16, 2017 17:37:06 GMT
Tradcatknight: Have Confidence in God
by Fr. Paolo Segneri, 1892
Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy prudence.
In all thy ways think on Him, and He will direct thy steps (Prov. iii. 5, 6).
I. Consider first, that when the Wise Man tells thee to have confidence in God with all thy heart, he does not mean that thou shouldst not make use also of the prudence which God has bestowed on thee; he does not say "use not," but only "lean not upon thy own prudence;" indeed, by bidding thee not to lean upon it, he takes for granted that thou art to make some use of it; otherwise, thou wouldst display not confidence, but rashness; and both those who are rash and those who are over-prudent are equally displeasing to God;. the former, because they act as though they would oblige Him, the latter, because they act as though they scorned to be obliged to Him.
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by Fr. Paolo Segneri, 1892
Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy prudence.
In all thy ways think on Him, and He will direct thy steps (Prov. iii. 5, 6).
I. Consider first, that when the Wise Man tells thee to have confidence in God with all thy heart, he does not mean that thou shouldst not make use also of the prudence which God has bestowed on thee; he does not say "use not," but only "lean not upon thy own prudence;" indeed, by bidding thee not to lean upon it, he takes for granted that thou art to make some use of it; otherwise, thou wouldst display not confidence, but rashness; and both those who are rash and those who are over-prudent are equally displeasing to God;. the former, because they act as though they would oblige Him, the latter, because they act as though they scorned to be obliged to Him.
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