Day 7: Staying Faithful in the Waiting

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🗓️ 14 June 2026

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Summary

We should not rush the work of grace, but rather trust in God's care of our souls. Fr. Gregory and Rebecca reflect on the virtues of patience and perseverance, and teach us how to wait on the Lord with confidence and peace. Today, we are reading Part 2: Seventh Letter, Eighth Letter, and Ninth Letter.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Gregory Pine. And I'm Rebecca Dockertie. And you're listening to the Catholic Classics podcast, where we seek to grow our interior lives by learning from the church's greatest saints and teachers. Each season will read through a great work, explain its spiritual principles, and help you to apply its timeless wisdom to your life. The Catholic Classics podcast is brought to you by Ascension. This season we are reading
0:20.9	Ascension's exclusive translation of the practice of the presence of God by Brother Lawrence. This is day seven.
0:27.2	Today we'll be reading part two, seventh letter, eighth letter, and ninth letter. A few reminders
0:32.0	before we get started. The best place to listen to this season is on the Ascension app. On the app,
0:37.1	you'll find
0:37.5	reflection questions, full transcripts, and video episodes for each day. It's still completely
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0:57.3	Before we get into the reading, a quick look at what we're covering today.
1:00.8	We've got the seventh letter, the eighth letter, and the ninth letter, those all pertaining
1:06.2	to part two, which are the letters themselves.
1:08.9	The main themes for today are going to be patience
1:11.3	and perseverance. There's a certain temptation to get out ahead of ourselves. Brother Lawrence is
1:16.0	going to counsel us against that. Let's get started. Seventh letter, Madam, we have a God who is
1:23.2	infinitely good and who knows what we need. I have always believed that he was bringing you to the
1:28.2	very brink. He will come to you in his time when you least expect it. Hope in him more than ever,
1:34.7	and join me in thanking him for the graces he grants you, especially for the strength and the patience
1:39.9	he gives you amid your afflictions. This is an evident sign of the care he has for you.
1:45.8	Therefore, take consolation in him and thank him for all things. I also admire the strength and
1:51.6	courage of Monsieur de N. God has given him a good nature and a good will, though there is still a bit of
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