NO LONGER A COMPULSION

8th Promise of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection

2 Cor 9:6-11 Brothers and sisters, consider this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

-As parents, we give our children tasks to accomplish- not to punish, but with the understanding that these will help them to become better adults. We also hope that someday these values will become part of who they are - NO LONGER A COMPULSION, but now a JOY.

So too with Our Heavenly Father. "Each must do as already determined," as set forth by Our Loving Parent. Then, hopefully for us, it is NO LONGER A COMPULSION, but is now a Joy. "God loves a cheerful giver."

St. Romuald, pray for us.