Be Docile in the Holy Spirit

A dear friend sent this to one of my email groups tonight.  I so needed it.  All of my daily worries, a stressful broken-promise laden Lent, our illnesses, etc..... but I just want to be "docile to the Holy Spirit."    Docile.   Aren't I a "docile" kinda gal?  ha!  Let's see:  

doc·ile

 adj 
\ˈdä-səl also -ˌsī(-ə)l, especially British ˈdō-ˌsī(-ə)l\

Definition of DOCILE

1

: easily taught docile pupil>

2

: easily led or managed : tractable docile pony>

— doc·ile·ly  adverb

— do·cil·i·ty  noun

OR, I like this better:  docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile). Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management

GEE....I sure could "yield control to the Holy Spirit".....read on (and please forgive my lack of editing ability tonight sigh).....

“Be docile to the Holy Spirit”

Our Lord Jesus wants it: we have to follow him closely. There is no other way. This is the task of the Holy Spirit in each soul, in yours too. You have to be docile, so as not to put obstacles in the way of your God. (The Forge, 860)

Let us describe, at least in general, the way of life which will bring us to deal in a familiar manner with the Holy Spirit, and together with him, the Father and the Son. We can fix our attention on three fundamental points: docility, life of prayer, and union with the cross.

First of all docility, because it is the Holy Spirit who, with his inspirations, gives a supernatural tone to our thoughts, desires and actions. It is he who leads us to receive Christ’s teaching and to assimilate it in a profound way. It is he who gives us the light by which we perceive our personal calling and the strength to carry out all that God expects of us. If we are docile to the Holy Spirit, the image of Christ will be formed more and more fully in us, and we will be brought closer every day to God the Father. “For whoever are led by the Spirit of God, they are the children of God.”

If we let ourselves be guided by this life‑giving principle, who is the Holy Spirit in us, our spiritual vitality will grow. We will place ourselves in the hands of our Father God, with the same spontaneity and confidence with which a child abandons himself to his father’s care. Our Lord has said: “Unless you become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” This is the old and well‑known “way of childhood,” which is not sentimentality or lack of human maturity. It is a supernatural maturity, which makes us realize more deeply the wonders of God’s love, while leading us to acknowledge our own smallness and identify our will fully with God’s will. (Christ is passing by, 135) [Top] 

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