The Spiritual Life, Episode 6: Abandonment to Divine Providence (Part 1)

The Spiritual Life, Episode 6: Abandonment to Divine Providence (Part 1) The essence of sanctity is the love of God, and the love of God is essentially the conformity, or union, of our will with God’s holy will. God’s will is manifested to us positively in His signified will – commandments, evangelicals counsels, duties of our state in life, etc. – and also in His permissive will, namely, Divine Providence. We must unite our will both actively and passively with God’s will. This can be summarized in the following maxim: we must do what God wants, and want what God does. For a healthy spiritual life, we must be obedient to God’s commandments, but to reach sanctity we must also, and most especially, practice abandonment to Divine Providence. We must not only resign ourselves to accept what God allows and wills to happen in our lives, but we must will it as well – we should want what God wants and abandon ourselves as little children in the arms of our Heavenly Father and absolutely trust His wisdom and goodness. This is not easy for fallen human nature, but this practice spells sanctity as well as profound peace of soul. In this 6th Episode of The Spiritual Life, we take a look at another vitally important Catholic doctrine, namely, Divine Providence and we shall see how important it is for our spiritual life and how to practice abandonment to Divine Providence. Join host Nicholas Wansbutter and Father Bernard Uttley, O.S.B., pastor of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in London, Ontario as they discuss this most foundational aspect of the spiritual life: abandonment to Divine Providence. Original Air Date: September 22, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 57 minutes Show Guest(s): Father Bernard Uttley, O.S.B. Show Host(s): Nicholas Wansbutter