The sense of divine filiation helps us discover that all the events of our life are directed or permitted for our good by God's most loving Will. He, who is our Father, grants us what is most suitable for us and expects us to see His paternal love both in favorable and adverse events.
Saint Paul says that all things work together for the good of those who love God. The one who loves God with deeds knows that, no matter what happens, everything will be for good if he does not cease to love. And, precisely because he loves, he takes the means so that the result is good, so that the finished work done with rectitude of intention bears fruits of holiness and apostolate. And once he has set the means within his reach, he entrusts himself to God and rests in His loving providence. "Pay close attention," writes Saint Bernard, "that it does not say that things serve for whim, but that they cooperate for good. Not for whim, but for usefulness; not for pleasure, but for salvation; not for our desire, but for our benefit. In this sense, things always cooperate for our good, even including death itself, even sin itself (...). Do not sins cooperate to the good of those who become more humble, more fervent, more solicitous, more cautious, more prudent because of them?" After setting the means within our reach, or before events in which we can do nothing, we will say in the intimacy of our hearts: Omnia in bonum, everything is for good.
With this conviction, a fruit of divine filiation, we will live full of optimism and hope and thus overcome many difficulties: "It seems that the world is falling on you. No exit is visible around you. Impossible, this time, to overcome the difficulties.
"But, have you forgotten again that God is your Father?: omnipotent, infinitely wise, merciful. He cannot send you anything bad. That which worries you, benefits you, even if your fleshly eyes are now blind.
"Omnia in bonum!; Lord, may your most wise Will be fulfilled again and always!"
Omnia in bonum! Everything is for good! We can turn everything into something pleasing to God and for the good of the soul. This expression of Saint Paul can serve us to repeat it as a prayer, like a small ejaculation, which will give us peace in difficult moments.
The Most Holy Virgin, Our Mother, will teach us to live confidently in the hands of God if we turn to Her frequently each day. In the Most Sweet Heart of Mary—whose feast we celebrate this month of June—we always find peace, comfort, and joy.
HCD