Trust

When we realise how very good God is to us, we see how completely we can trust him to do what is best for us.  Of one thing we can be certain: so long as we trust God, then, whatever difficulties or troubles may happen to us, God will always bring good out of evil.  He will never let us down.

In the Eucharist we show our trust in God at the Offertory when we give ourselves to him completely for him to do with us as he wishes.  There is a famous prayer of St Ignatius of Loyola which expresses this perfectly, and which we can also use in our daily prayers.

Take, O Lord, and receive,

all my liberty,
my memory,
my understanding,
and all my will;
all I have and possess.

You, O Lord, have given all this to me.

To you, O Lord, I restore it.
All is yours.
Dispose of it entirely according to your will.

Give me your love and your grace,

for that is enough for me.

Only when we can mean every word of that prayer, only then do we really trust God.