Somehow I find myself speaking more and more boldly and freely of late about abandoning oneself to Divine Providence and, as I do so, I find my own belief in it strengthened. It is like a gift that I have the more I give it to others. I find myself compelled from within to become a missionary of abandonment to Divine Providence.
It seems fitting to write of this idea today upon the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, for he was ever abandoned to the Providence of God throughout his life. In his work, in his silence, in his love, in his tender care for the Blessed Virgin Mary and for Christ, and in his humility, we see a tremendous example of one committed to living for the Lord. He did not question, he did not shirk his duties, he did not flee from suffering. Instead, he gave himself wholly to God's will in ways that we may never know upon this earth.
Saint Joseph seems to keep presenting himself in little ways in my life. Some months ago now, I was blessed to visit the miraculous staircase he built at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I think of that experience now as I lift up my life to him, asking his intercession, that he may build of my life also something miraculous as a gift for my Lord and for the world.
He is a powerful spiritual father. I look up to him as I continue my earthly pilgrimage and speak—I hope—by both words and actions of abandonment to Divine Providence. I pray that you may do the same.
May it ever be for His glory and not our own!
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