John Henry Cardinal Newman: The Mission Of My Life

A morning prayer for this new day, from John Henry Cardinal Newman (via CatholiCity.com):

The Mission Of My Life

God has created me to do Him some definite service.

He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.

I have my mission.

I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons.

He has not created me for naught.

I shall do good; I shall do His work.

I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it if I do but keep His commandments.

Therefore, I will trust Him, whatever I am, I can never be thrown away.

If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him, in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him.

If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about.

He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers.

He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me.

Still, He knows what He is about.

We were, each of us, loved into existence for a specific purpose.

We were, each of us, given a mission:

He has not created me for naught

My prayer – a prayer for each of us – is that we find, act upon, and today begin to fulfill that divine mission.

Peace

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