The second, and perhaps even more striking phrase, 'The sacrament of the present moment', requires us to do our duty whatever it may be, a carrying out of God's purpose for us, not only this day, or this hour, but this minute, this very minute - now. This is the way we can all strive strive for spiritual perfection in so far as it is available in this life. Pious saint and humble sinner alike will be given the grace to enable them to do so if they truly long for it.
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And yet his [de Caussade's] doctrine still has a relevant message today for thos who find life purposeless in a society abandoned to the fantasies and arrogance of the pursuit of hapiness which so quickly becomes a pursuit of pleasure; in which suffering, mental or physical, must be drugged out of existence; in which there is no place for the Cross in Christianity. Those whe are ready to believe in God will find confort and hope in the quest for perfection through surrendering themselves to his will, and discovering in the reality and humiliation of life's trials and tribulations, his loving purpose for them.
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