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Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. There may be a time

when we look at our life and say, wait, how did I get here? How did this happen? This is not the way I thought things would turn out. I want a rewrite.

Maybe it's your marriage or your religious life. It might be your kids or your health or your career.

The point is that we often experience something we didn't choose. At least we didn't choose.

At least we didn't choose how it turned out.

And we don't like it.

And we can't change it or control it.

But now what? Well, there is an incredibly practical little

masterpiece called Abandonment to Divine Providence by D'Cousad. You should definitely read it.

But since you probably haven't read it yet, let me give you its key points for our meditation today.

First, the biggest obstacle to happiness and holiness is our plan,

the blueprint of our life, the way we think things should have turned out,

or the way we think other people should be. Recently I was in confession and I was saying

things like I should have done this and that person should have done that and

things should have gone differently.

And the priest just looked at me and he said, well, it looks like you've created a pile

of should and you're shudn all over yourself.

And he was right. The way we think things should have gone,

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