469 part ii: meditations for more solemn feasts the Mother together with the Son away from the danger and to lead them away to a safe place in Egypt. Wherefore, since according to your devotion you are about to let the Son into the inner dwelling of your heart today, remember also the Mother and give thanks to her for having fed with her breast this Lord and Redeemer of yours, who will support you by His wounds, will nourish you by His Flesh, and will give you His Blood to drink. 2. “remain there” (Mt 2:13). Perhaps, you may be astonished that the angel sends the parents of Jesus Christ to the regions of Canopus,231 and yet does not promise them any money or food for their road; does not guarantee any assistance, but commands them to remain longer as poor and without means, devoid of any human support and help, while staying among idolatrous people. Nonetheless, without opposing the divine command, without grumbling in their hearts, without pleading their lack of means nor revealing it to the angel; they went on, to where they were sent, full of confidence, because they were full of obedience. Learn to always embrace the divine disposition most zealously and to be very content with it. Although you may feel perhaps that you are too weak and unqualified to do the things that God charges you with through His deputies, for example, the Superiors, nevertheless, placing your concerns in the Lord (cf. Ps 55:22), trust that He will come to your help. Beware never to slight the dispositions of the One on Whom your salvation undoubtedly depends. [f.151r] 3. “[He] took the [C]hild and [H]is mother” (Mt 2:14). Consider that St. Joseph endured most agreeably the very grievous hardships, difficulties, anxieties, and toils of the journey, refreshed only by the sight of the most admirable Child Jesus. Therefore, so that you can also bear with satisfaction the harsh annoyances, crosses, difficulties, and calamities of this life, behold the same Jesus, who left Himself to you in the Eucharist, 231 CLD, p. 82 (s.v. Canopus): Canopus — “is a city in Lower Egypt.”
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