Ave Maria!— August’s Theme: Spiritual Aridity
“During aridity and desolation of spirit, do not be agitated so as to not serve God according to your pleasure, while adapting yourself to His desires you serve Him according to His [will], which is much better than yours. To us it must not worry us or upset us that we belong to God in one way rather than another. In truth, as long as we do not seek anything other than Him, we will not find Him any less when we are walking on arid land and by deserts than when we are walking on the waters of sensible consolations. Therefore, you must be content with one walk or the other.”
