Some Thoughts About God's Providence On this 18th Sunday after Pentecost
The 18th Sunday after Pentecost brings us a new "mini-series." It's theme will be "The Sense of Providence." Our guide will be father Gerald Vann, O.P. As a refresher, "O.P." indicates he was a member of the Dominican order, founded by St. Dominic. There's a lovely short bio of him written by one of this Dominican brothers that you can find HERE . ( https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/EC7734F23EAC4F6FE3154279DC67B9A0/S1754201400016593a.pdf/father_gerald_vann_op_19061963.pdf This "sense of Providence" of which Father writes begins with the need to learn to love God such that we desire that our will becomes identical with God's Will. If we've spent any time reading good spiritual works, we likely have come upon this idea. And it may even be the case that it makes a whole lot of sense to us (which it should, of course). But arriving at the point where our will is consistent with His Will may no...