Quote:
"We are placed in our different ranks and stations, not to get what we can out of them for ourselves, but to labor in them for Him. As Christ has worked, we too have to labor in them for Him. As Christ has His work, we too have ours: as He rejoiced to do his work, we must rejoice in ours also." ~ St. John Neumann
Comment:
Providence and secondary causes; 306 Catechism of the Catholic Church
God is the sovereign master of His plan. But to carry it out He also makes use of His creatures' cooperation. This use is not a sign of weakness, but rather a token of almighty God's greatness and goodness. For God grants his creatures not only their existence, but also the dignity of acting on their own, of being causes and principles for each other, and thus of cooperating in the accomplishment of His plan.
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