"We tend to concentrate on ourselves, we tend to think of what we can or cannot do, and we forget about God and his will and his providence.” —Walter J. Ciszek SJ

Salvation Requires Our Cooperation



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While the whole human race was redeemed by Jesus’ Passion and Death, not a single soul was saved by this Infinite sacrifice…The fright comes from the fact that we who have already been redeemed can yet be damned.  Redemption is an accomplished fact; salvation for us is still only a possibility.  Salvation is a matter of cooperation.  Jesus does not do it alone!

(From God, A Woman and The Way by Rev. M. Raymond, O.C.S.O.)

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