Prayer: September 25
It requires great humility to accustom one's self to make of everything a subject for reflection in order to rise from these things to God, contemplating in them His perfections and His love for us as well as our obligation to serve Him faithfully.
– Scupoli
This was habitual with St Francis de Sales. At the sight of beautiful fields, he used to say, "We are the fields cultivated by God. Magnificent and beautifully decorated churches would cause him to exclaim: "We are the living temples of God, and why are souls not so beautifully adorned with virtues?" Upon seeing flowers: "When will our flowers bear fruit?" On contemplating rare and precious works of art: "There is nothing more beautiful than a soul made to the image and likeness of God." Thus everything he beheld served to lift his mind to God.
