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Here Am I
"It is God who by His presence creates the holy ground which man discovers by recollecting himself and where, having done so, he stands. God shows man the place where he really belongs, where he will find himself and his true world; where the call can reach him and where he must answer it. Recollectedness, therefore, is the condition which enables man to say, …
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Dark Night
"We have mentioned here the 'night of the spirit,' the great trial of passive purification, by means of which God works in the very depths of the soul, and thus prepares her for the supreme ascent and final transformation. This trial is a terrible one, a veritable purgatory here below, according to St John of the Cross, who has described the angu…
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Who You Truly Are
"And a fourth and last meaning: to recollect oneself is to awaken. With people who are not recollected there is always something tense, some preoccupation; and as soon as this preoccupation and tension lessens, they become all of a sudden empty and listless. When there is no object which draws them, no motive which pushes or stimulus which agitates them, then t…
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Put on Jesus
"To imitate Jesus is no longer copy Jesus, but to be transformed into Jesus, to become Jesus. It is no loner to bring out in herself the features of the beloved Model, but to allow Christ to develop and reproduce himself in her. It is the imitation ab intra . There is no question of becoming merely like Jesus, but of being one with Jesus, the God-Man... …
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Prayer
Put Down the Phone!
"No sooner has he started to pray than conjured up by his inner unrest, all sorts of other things clamor for attention: a task at work, a conversation, an errand, a newspaper, a book. All these suddenly appear most important, and prayer seems a sheer waste of time. But no sooner has he stopped praying than there is plenty of time, and he fritters it away with …
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The beauty of God
"Each flower, each blade of grass, each insect says to her, 'See how beautiful God is!...'" page 35 "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known." 1 Corinthians 13:12 If the beauty that is around us is seeing in a mirror dimly, how Beautiful is …
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Books Read: June 2023 Edition
The Art of Praying by Romano Guardini A Biblical Walk Through The Mass by Edward Sri The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg - reread Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg - reread The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The Letters of Ignatius by St. Ignatius Time for God by Jacques Philippe Tomorrowmind by Gabriella Rosen Kellerman Turtles All the Way Down by John Gree…
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