When All Seems Lost

 Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

If at times in our lives everything seems desperate, and, as Tauler says, the masts have gone overboard and the ship is reduced to a mere hulk in the midst of the tempest, then is the moment to abandon ourselves to God fully and completely, without reserve. If we do so with all our heart God will at once take into his own hands the immediate direction of our lives, for he alone can save us. "The Lord leads the just by right ways and shows them the Kingdom of God." (Wisdom 10:10)

Quoted in Magnificat Magazine

[Help for a Day Book Reader: I received an email from someone asking if I had one of the old spiral-bound copies of Bernadette’s book, now entitled The Christian Contemplative Journey: Essays on the Path (previously Essays on the Christian Contemplative Journey). She is looking for an essay about women and the spiritual path, formerly in the back of that spiral bound version. I no longer have any of the spiral-bound copies of Bernadette’s books so I’m turning to you Day Book readers to see if anyone out there does have the book. I believe she is interested in having just the essay. Anyone who responds will be put in touch with the person who contacted me and you can work things out.]