The Dom Vitalis Lehodey Collection: 2 Books

THE DOM VITALIS LEHODEY COLLECTION
REVEREND ABBOT DOM VITALIS LEHODEY O.C.R.
CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING

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ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-481-2

The Dom Vitalis Lehodey Collection includes both of his popular books on Abandonment and Prayer. HOLY ABANDONMENT At first sight, the word “abandonment” would seem to suggest something undesirable: the utter abdication of one’s dignity as a man and the lowering of oneself to the level of a mere irresponsible automaton. Abandonment, as here understood, holy abandonment has nothing whatever in common with fatalistic passivity. Instead of renunciation, it calls for the most active and uninterrupted exercise of our multifarious energies. Holy abandonment means the constant, complete, and loving union of our wills with the will of God in such sort that “we do nothing but what He wills and as He wills, and will nothing but what He does.” It means perfect obedience to the commands, counsels, inspirations of His signified will, perfect conformity to the decrees of His good pleasure. THE WAYS OF MENTAL PRAYER The best prayer is not that which is most savory, but that which is most fruitful; not that which consoles, but that which transforms us; not that which elevates us in the common or the mystical ways, but that which makes us humble, detached, obedient, generous, faithful to all our duties. Assuredly, we highly esteem contemplation, provided, however, it unites our will to God's, transforms our life, or, at least, advances us in virtue.

PUBLISHER: CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING