My Father, you give and you take away. Why then do I fear loss that you control? What success is there but success in you? True joy and true peace can be found in you alone, my God. I commit myself to your will. I commit myself into your arms, O God. Help me to accept the crosses I bear with humility and grace. How frivolous are the worries and fears of this world. My Father, I give myself to you.
– Prayer Journal, September 22, 2014 (age 16)
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Peace that is not of this world
The permanence of God’s beauty
Journal entries written on hearts
“If you give me anything, let me love Jesus.”
“I am your servant” — painting the Baptism of Christ
Help me to withhold nothing (“Teach me to be a great saint”)
Ready to receive you (an Advent prayer)
“An intense desire.” A longing to depart from this fallen world.
“Why are you afraid?” Isaac’s final journal entry
“Moved to tears: the meaning behind Isaac’s gravestone”
“The reward of distracted prayer” (November 27th)
“The end of all beauties” (November 21s
“Memento mori” (November 18th)
“Root out my sin” (November 15th)
“Let me suffer” (November 12th)
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