I will reveal a secret of holiness and happiness to you: If for five minutes every day you can silence your imagination, close your eyes to sensible things and your ears to all earthly noises in order to recollect yourselves, and there, in the sanctuary of your baptized souls which are the temples of the Holy Spirit, speak to this divine Spirit, saying to Him:
“O Holy Ghost, Soul of my soul, I adore You! Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me; tell me what I ought to do and command me to do it; I promise to be submissive in everything You ask of me, and to accept everything You permit to happen to me; only show me what is Your will.”
If you do this, your life will be spent happy, serene and comforted, even in the midst of sorrows, for grace will be proportionate to the trial, giving you the strength to bear it, and you will arrive at the gate of Paradise laden with merits. This submission to the Holy Spirit is the secret of holiness.
Cardinal Joseph Mercier