Holiness cannot grow simply in precise fidelity to the duties of our state: that is only the preparation we must provide. If God does us the favor of desiring to lead us further, he brings about circumstances that oblige us to be more generous in our fidelity. "It is circumstances that make saints, it is not saints that make circumstances.” That was the profound way our great Father Abbot used to put it.
CÉCILE BRUYÈRE The Spirit of Solesmes
