borne along in perfect confidence and trust. Nothing could separate me from Him because He was in all things. No danger could threaten me, no fear could shake me, except the fear of losing sight of Him. The future, hidden as it was, was hidden in His will and therefore acceptable to me no matter what it might bring. The past, with all its failures, was not forgotten; it remained to remind me of the weakness of human nature and the folly of putting any faith in self. But it no longer depressed me. I looked no longer to self to guide me, relied on it no longer in any way, so it could not again fail me. By renouncing, finally and completely, all control of my life and future destiny, I was relieved as a consequence of all responsibility. I was freed thereby from anxiety and worry, from every tension, and could float serenely upon the tide of God's sustaining providence in perfect peace of soul." "His will for us was in the twenty-four hours of each day: the people, the places, the circumstances He set before us in that time. Those were the things God knew were important to Him and to us at that moment, and those were the things upon which He wanted us to act." Books With God in Russia, (with Daniel L. Flaherty, S.J.), a memoir (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964). He Leadeth Me, (with Daniel L. Flaherty, S.J.), a memoir (New York: Doubleday, 1973). "With God in America" (published posthumously), a memoir with primary sources (Chicago: Loyola Press, 2016). References External links Details of Ciszek materials at Georgetown University library Time Magazine 1963 story on the release of Walter Ciszek Summary of the Writings of Walter Ciszek 1904 births 1984 deaths People from Shenandoah, Pennsylvania American Servants of God Polish Eastern Catholics American people of Polish descent American Eastern Catholics 20th-century American Jesuits Eastern Catholic writers Roman Catholic writers 20th-century American memoirists American male non-fiction writers Anti-Catholicism in the Soviet Union Victims of anti-Catholic violence American people imprisoned abroad American people imprisoned in the Soviet Union 20th-century venerated Christians American expatriates in Russia American expatriates in the Soviet Union Foreign Gulag detainees 20th-century Eastern Catholic clergy Jesuit Servants of God Eastern Catholic Servants of God Persecution by atheist states Anti-Christian sentiment in Europe Catholics from Pennsylvania Participants in the Norilsk uprising