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38 Theological Foundations The idea of God’s glory should accompany God’s servants in all their endeavors. May they gladly accept all burdens, sufferings, discomforts, distress, thoughts, prayers, words, conversations, deeds and works, events and even death itself if necessary. 51 All of this is for the greater glory, honor and praise of the Holy Trinity. 52 * * * In the thought of Blessed George Matulaitis-Matulewicz, too, the spreading of God’s glory is the most important task; so much so that it became the principal motto of his own life. At the very beginning of his Spiritual Diary our author declares: Let my motto be: to seek God in everything, to do everything for God’s greater glory, to bring the spirit of God into everything, to satu- rate everything with the Spirit of God. 53 This motto is not merely a slogan for Father Matulaitis-Matulewicz. It does have a practical meaning for him. It so happens in our lives — the Renovator of Marians continues his reflections — that we become too preoccupied with or fret too much about the difficulties which we experience at a given time or with those that await us in the future. The lack of means necessary to achieve our goals may cause us to worry, but it should also mobilize our strength to overcome the difficulties and obtain proper assistance. It is important not to become discouraged in these efforts and not to lose sight of the goal which we have set for our- selves. If the goal is good, if our attempts at achieving it might contribute to God’s greater glory, we should make our best effort and continue to strive for it. The obstacles can be overcome or omitted, if only we man- age to deny ourselves and become totally dedicated to God’s cause. 54 The Renovator of the Marians was aware of the fact that working for God’s greater glory often requires taking risks, that it exposes man to various dangers and may be a cause of many sufferings. Yet, we con- stantly expose ourselves to various dangers in our daily lives. We take risks even as we take into account the possibility of failure. There is no such risk here, for it is impossible to fail in God’s cause. It is not so much