Quotemeal: May. 21st, 2006

Sunday, May 21, 2006

"Since God offers to manage our affairs for us, let us once and for all hand them over to His infinite wisdom, in order to occupy ourselves only with Himself and what belongs to Him."
— J. P. de Caussade

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Illustration of J. P. de Caussade — "Since God offers to manage our affairs for us, let us once and for all hand them over to His infinite wisdom, in order to occupy ourselves only with Himself and what belongs to Him."

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