Thy will be done. How often do we pray this simple prayer? It is prayed at every Mass. It is prayed morning and evening in the Liturgy of the Hours. We pray it six times with every rosary. It is at the heart of the Lord’s Prayer. After first praising God’s name and before we dare to ask our own petitions, we declare that what we want first, before all else, is for God’s will to be done. But do we know what it is we pray for? What does God want? More specifically, what does God want for my life? How are we to know?
I love dogs. Not like I love my family, or like I love Jesus, but I really do have a strong affection for dogs.
A few months ago, I came home from teaching and was welcomed by an unfamiliar, and rather unpleasant, smell in the convent. Entering our large dining room, I noticed the puppy crate had been set up and indeed was being used! Little Charlie was about 5 months old, and it was love at first sight. Although he really did stink.