Our divine Master recommended his
disciples to say with those in the parable: “We are useless servants; we
have only done our duty” (Lk 17:10). Likewise, when you will have
observed these counsels uncompromisingly, acknowledge yourself as a
useless servant. Be convinced; you were able to keep them, not because
of your merits, but because of the infinite mercy of God; thank him
wholeheartedly for such a great benefit. Ask him every day to keep this treasure in you until the
last moment, when your soul, free from every tie which kept it attached
to creatures, will be able to fly toward the bosom of its Creator to
enjoy forever the glory prepared for the humble.
J. Pecci (later Pope Leo XIII)
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