I had an insight following Mass earlier this week that bears on the title of this article.

I was reflecting on the Gospel from Friday's Mass ("Our Lady of Sorrows", two choices were provided; we had the first one from St John's Gospel; "Behold, your mother."
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.").

It occurred to me what a beautiful and powerful "secret" this Gospel passage gives to us.

If our mind and spiritual eyes are focused on the suffering Jesus, and His suffering mother...how ready we become to do anything He asks us to do...how could we "refuse" Him anything, as St John so quickly complied to what Jesus asked of Him, and what Mary certainly did for St John.

So we too can do this.   If we can occasionally meditate on the Passion of Our Lord, using our intellect, our imagination, and will...in order to bring that precious scene from the Gospel back to mind...how easy it becomes to do the will of God, even when we're tired, or wanting to do our own thing!