A great, intimate lesson by Jesus my Lord on the second verse (Part II) of the fifty-fourth chapter of the Third Book of The Imitation of Christ: “Grace proceeds simply, eludes everything evil it has seen, does not set traps in one’s way, and does all for God alone, in whom one rests in the end.”
I will not repeat the lesson. Jesus has mercy on my poor health, exhausted by yesterday’s commentary. But I shall mark only the words “May this verse from the Imitation be the note assuring you of peace in the days of 1948. May these inspired words assure you that what happens to you is ‘grace’ because it is simple, without even the appearance of evil or malice, forthright, and honest, all for the glory of God, in whom you must rest as in a safe dwelling.”360
360 We omit over seven handwritten pages containing the first of the Lessons on Paul’s Letter to the Romans.