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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints good Lord deliver us.

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The best thing must be to flee from all to the All.

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As to the aridity you are suffering from it seems to me our Lord is treating you like someone He considers strong: He wants to test you and see if yo...more

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How is it Lord that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee?

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We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea because we have heard it and because our faith tells us so that we possess so...more

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How is it Lord that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?

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Granting that we are always in the presence of God yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense for they as...more

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More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.

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Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it be his life ever so wicked for prayer is the way to amend it and without prayer such amendmen...more

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Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.

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Authentic prayer changes us, unmasks us, strips us, indicates where growth is needed.

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All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles.

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...Since in the centre of the soul there is a mansion reserved for God Himself...

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Let nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you, all things are passing, God is unchanging. Patience gains all; nothing is lacking to those who have God...more

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Let nothing disturb you,Let nothing frighten you,All things are passing away:God never changes.Patience obtains all things.Whoever has God lacks nothi...more