ON THE JEALOUSY OF GOD.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. IN many places in Holy Scripture God calls Himself a jealous God; and He even goes so far as to say that His name is jealous, to show us how essential that character is to Him, and that He cannot despoil Himself of it any more than of His very Being. […]
ON SPIRITUAL CHILDHOOD.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. OUR Lord Jesus Christ said, “Suffer the little children to come to Me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” And He said again, when He placed a little child in the midst of His Apostles, ” Unless you become as a little child, you shall not enter into the […]
ON THE DIVINE LIGHT.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. WE have only to read the Psalm cxviii. to see at each verse how necessary the Divine light is for us during the whole course of the interior life. ” Give me understanding” says David, ” that I may know Thy commandments” And again he says, “Give me understanding, and I […]
ON FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS OF THE INTERIOR LIFE.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. THE FIRST TRUTH. GOD has only given free-will to man that he may consecrate ‘it to Him; therefore the best use we can make of our free-will is to put it in the hands of God again, to renounce all wish to guide ourselves, and to allow God to dispose of […]
ON THE PEACE OF THE SOUL.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. “Great peace have they that love Thy law.” — PSALM cxviii. To have this ”great peace” of which David speaks, it is not sufficient for us to observe the law of God — we must love and cherish it. To observe it, only through the fear of being lost if we […]
ON REST IN GOD.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. “Come unto Me, all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you: and you shall find rest for your souls.” THIS invitation was addressed to every man on earth; no other than Jesus Christ has ever given them such an invitation; and they have all the greatest interest […]
ON THE LOVE OF GOD.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. IT is very strange that it should be necessary to excite and exhort man to the love of God, when we consider that God is his first beginning and his last end, and the only Source of his happiness; yet God has thought Himself obliged to make of it a precept. […]
ON TRUST IN GOD.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. OF all the virtues, the most necessary to man is trust in God, because without it he can do nothing, and with it he can do everything. This virtue is the just medium between two extremes which are equally to be avoided, and into which, nevertheless, fall the greater part of […]
ON CONTINUAL PRAYER.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. JESUS CHRIST has told us that we ought “always to pray, and not to faint”- — that is, not to grow weary of so doing. And St. Paul recommended the first Christians to “pray without ceasing.” What kind of prayer must we understand by this precept, or rather, by this counsel? […]
GOD ALONE.
Fr. Jean Grou, S.J. “GOD alone ” is a great word in the interior life. The first step we make in the way of perfection is to devote ourselves to God alone. And in proportion as we advance in it, we detach ourselves more and more from everything that is not God, and from ourselves […]