A woman with child prepares the cradle, the linen and the
swaddling clothes, and even arranges a nurse for the child she hopes to bring
forth, though it be not yet in the world.
So our Lord, in his goodness, as it were pregnant with you, wishing to
bring you forth to salvation and make you his child, prepared upon the tree of
the cross everything you would need. He
got ready your spiritual cradle, linen and swaddling clothes, your nurse and
everything suitable for your happiness.
These are all the means, all the attractions and graces by which he
guides you and wants to lead you to perfection.
My God, how deeply this truth should be fixed in our
memory. It is possible that I have been
loved and loved so tenderly, by my Savior? … This he did as though there was no
other soul in the world… Imprint this in your spirit!
–St. Francis de Sales, Introduction
to the Devout Life
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