Human Meditation Calls Out to God

Father Simeon 

"Suddenly, from the heart of eternity, the lightning of divine revelation interrupts Joseph's human cogitations. By keeping the stage of his soul as empty as possible of all personal accoutrements, Joseph has allowed God to enter in as principal actor. Human meditation--protracted, labored, and anguished--and divine illumination--sudden, intense, incontestable--go well with one another, call out to one another. Joseph's dark puzzlement, in piety before God, unwittingly invites illumination to come to his soul. Sadness and confusion, presented to God, invite His coming. Persevere in darkness without rebelling and without lighting some trembling candle, and God's healing light will invade you."

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: 
Meditations on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, Volume 1