Listening to St Michael...

Doing by our own will what should be done by obedience is simply piling on extra fatigue; it means giving up the blessings, the support and the consolations from God; it is preparing ourselves to hear this sentence: “you have been working for yourselves, I owe you nothing!”

On the other hand when we work for God we are amassing great treasures; when we work like this our good works become God’s, our strength becomes his strength; He consoles us in our sorrows, He makes the sweat of our brow fruitful; we love Him and He loves us; already in this world we can taste the sweetness of heaven.

To encourage the generous soul to obey shouldn’t the example of Our Lord be enough? His life was but a continuous act of obedience to his Father.

(Cachica Notebook nr. 27)