November 27, 2024 Daily Devotion

Offering Everything to God

The October 8th Magnificat Meditation of the Day written by Blessed Clelia Merloni was a signal of grace and encouragement for me. “Remember that the devil will often make you feel the weight of fatigue; he will often torment you with the fear of working uselessly. Be mindful that the sky will not always be peaceful in your soul; you will often find yourself enveloped in the fog of discouragement, battered by the storm of trial. Remember, then, to keep your hand firmly on the plow, that is, to keep your resolution to pray, to battle, to win, more alive than ever. Don’t yield to the trickery of Satan.

Offer part of your struggle for those who live in God’s disfavor, so that you might obtain by your sufferings, bathed in the most precious blood of Jesus, the conversion of many sinners. There will come a day when you will not have enough words to thank God for the trials he leaves you in today; trials and suffering are the two most efficacious instruments for beautifying the soul before it enters the eternal bridal chamber.”