Submission to God’s Will

 Submission to God’s Will in our lives is also about never asking “why?” but instead, as St. Paul admonishes us in Thessalonians, “in all circumstances [giving] thanks: for this is God’s Will.”

 Here is what Jesus tells Luisa about asking “why”:

 “In almost all of the events that occur, creatures keep repeating, over and over again: ‘And why? And why? And why? Why this illness? Why this scourge?’ …The explanation of ‘why’ is not written on earth, but in Heaven, and there everyone will read it…Do you know where ‘why’ was created? In hell. Who was the first one that pronounced it? A demon…. there is no evil in the world which does not carry the mark of ‘why’. ‘Why’ is destruction of divine wisdom in souls. And do you know where ‘why’ will be buried? In hell, to make them restless for eternity, without ever giving them peace.”

 So instead of asking “why” to the difficulties that life presents, we need to above all pay special attention to the Divine Will operating in our lives in the crosses and sufferings in order to always bear them with patience, resignation, and prayer. Luisa says about suffering for love of Jesus: “Oh, coin of inestimable value! If all of us knew it, we would compete with one another to suffer more. But I believe we are all shortsighted in knowing this coin so precious”