LIFE AT NAZARETH
4. The Fruits of Obedience.
a) Its first fruit is the glorification of God. Through obedience our souls enter straight into the Heart of God.
b) The sacrifice and mortification involved there. There is no more meritorious sacrifice than this, since our freedom and will are offered up to God in obedience.
c) The possession of God. It is through obedience that we possess God.
d) Through obedience we exercise many other virtues: humility, self-denial. life of faith. The joy and peace of a tranquil conscience is the fruit of that trust in God which is at the bottom of obedience.
4. The Fruits of Obedience.
a) Its first fruit is the glorification of God. Through obedience our souls enter straight into the Heart of God.
b) The sacrifice and mortification involved there. There is no more meritorious sacrifice than this, since our freedom and will are offered up to God in obedience.
c) The possession of God. It is through obedience that we possess God.
d) Through obedience we exercise many other virtues: humility, self-denial. life of faith. The joy and peace of a tranquil conscience is the fruit of that trust in God which is at the bottom of obedience.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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