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I just learned today of Mother Gavrilia, then found this nice article that struck me, since I enjoy Fr Michael Gillis' podcast (~10 minute practical "in the world" homilies with a nice bite).
Those Pesky Priests: A Lesson From The Life of Sister Gavrilia – Praying in the Rain
This is why we have to do our best to love one another and strive not to put expectations on one another. God must be our only Saviour. God will use people, but people will disappoint. Someone recently told me that she had said to someone else who wanted to speak to her about spiritual things (based on some articles she had written), that she would only agree to speak to her if she promised to have very low expectations. And do you know what this other woman said? She said, “Only God can help me.” So my friend said, “I’d love to talk to you.”
Wouldn’t our life together be so much easier if we all truly believed that only God could help us? Wouldn’t we experience much less disappointment if we kept our expectations low toward one another and high toward God? Mother Gavrilia provides a wonderful example of a woman who had no expectations except that God would help her. And God did help her–and this is important–through people! God speaks to us, encourages us, helps us, and cares for us most often through the people He has put in our life. When we are looking to God for help, it is easy to see God’s help in the people in our lives, rather than seeing how the people themselves do or don’t live up to our expectations.
Those Pesky Priests: A Lesson From The Life of Sister Gavrilia – Praying in the Rain
This is why we have to do our best to love one another and strive not to put expectations on one another. God must be our only Saviour. God will use people, but people will disappoint. Someone recently told me that she had said to someone else who wanted to speak to her about spiritual things (based on some articles she had written), that she would only agree to speak to her if she promised to have very low expectations. And do you know what this other woman said? She said, “Only God can help me.” So my friend said, “I’d love to talk to you.”
Wouldn’t our life together be so much easier if we all truly believed that only God could help us? Wouldn’t we experience much less disappointment if we kept our expectations low toward one another and high toward God? Mother Gavrilia provides a wonderful example of a woman who had no expectations except that God would help her. And God did help her–and this is important–through people! God speaks to us, encourages us, helps us, and cares for us most often through the people He has put in our life. When we are looking to God for help, it is easy to see God’s help in the people in our lives, rather than seeing how the people themselves do or don’t live up to our expectations.
