I was flipping through the channels today and came across a show on the Catholic channel about Fr. Solanus Casey. What an interesting guy! Through a series of circumstances trying to find his "calling" he winds up in seminary studying for the priesthood. He flunks out of the first seminary because he can't learn German to study theology. He then hears God call him to Detroit. He simply packs his bags and goes. He enters a monastary and graduates in the lower half of his class. So the powers-that-be relegate him to saying mass and being a doorman. He was not allowed to preach or take confessions. And yet, this guy winds up doing some amazing things for people and has been venerated by the Pope.

"For him, authentic religion rested in our personal relationship with God. He related to God as a Father, to Jesus as his personal Friend and Brother and their Spirit as the guiding principle of his life. His religion went beyond Religion into a personal relationship of intimacy with God and each member of the Trinity. It was this faith that affected so many people..." Sounds like my kind of guy.

I wish I had the quotes that were used, but the bottom line is that Casey trusted God with everything he had. He did not let flunking out of seminary divert him from his call. He did not let being relegated to the status of a doorman make him bitter. He simply served where he was, with what he had to give. He simply trusted God.