Cardinal Newman Cardinal Newman

JANUARY 4

God's Influence on Us
PRAYER.

Accept every thought, word, and deed that I perform today, O God, in union with the Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world.

LET no one think it strange to say that God may be holding communion with us without our knowing it. We commonly speak of being influenced by God's grace. This Triples a certain communication between the soul and God.

Yet who will say that he himself can tell when God moves him and when he is responding? God may manifest Himself to us, and that to the increase of our comfort, and yet we not realize that He does so.

-Gospel Sign Addressed to Faith



Reproduced with permission from
LEAD KINDLY LIGHT; MINUTE MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY TAKEN FROM THE WORKS OF CARDINAL NEWMAN
Edited by Rev. James C. Sharp
Copyright (c) 1993
Catholic Book Publishing Co.
New York, N.Y.
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