Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

"7-4 THE CURE OF ARS.depression and anxiety of mind, the same voice said tome distinctly, What has ever yet been wanting to thee?And, indeed, I have always had all I needed/*"I have observed," said he one day to the directressesof the Providence,that those who have large incomesare continually complaining:they are always wantingsomething. But those who have nothing, want for nothing. It isgood to abandon oneself solely, unreservedly, and for ever, to the guidance of Divine Providence,Our reserves dry up the current of His mercies, and ourdistrust stops the course of His blessings. I have oftenthought that if we were to depart from our state ofpoverty, we should not have wherewithal to live. Let us.then, abide peacefully in the arms of that good Providence which is so careful of all our wants. God loves usmore than the best of fathers, better than the tenderest ofmothers. We have but to submit and resign ourselvesto His will with childlike hearts. These poor orphansare not really your children ;you are not really theirmothers ; and yet see whether they distrust your careand tenderness. It is confidence which God looks forfrom us befove all things. When we have intrusted ourinterests to Him alone, His justice and goodness arepledged to aid and succour us."The plan of the Providence of Ars was in somerespects peculiar. Persons were received of all ages, andof every variety of previous condition. The most destitute and abandoned were the most freely welcomed.Girlsof fifteen, eighteen, or even twenty, who had been sufferedto grow up in habits of vagrancy, and in total ignoranceof their duties, were there received and reclaimed ;and itwas this class, says Catherine, which afforded some of themost blessed examples of conversion and perseverance,