18th day of "Month of Mary", prayer book by Bl. Francisco Palau OCD.
I. Carnation in cluster. Among the various species of carnation there is one that blooms throughout the season, grows its slender straight stem and gives forth a pine cone of buds and when these buds burst open they form a cluster. Although they are not as large as the others of its specie they have however the gift of opening many at one time in the same pine cone: with its special odour.
II. Magnanimity and magnificence
2. Order your life according to God and in God, and once the order has been set, the soul must be readied for two acts. One consists in executing what the law orders, what God inspires and conscience dictates; and the other consists in maintaining steadily and firmly and with invincible determination the order established in our life, in the midst of battles, contradictions and oppositions the virtue encounters everywhere; and these acts belong to magnanimity. This virtue provides us with a big heart …More