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Perseverance Part II It is a very great thing for a person to associate with others who are walking in the right way: to mix, not only with those whom he sees in the rooms where he himself is, but

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Flowers in the Desert

Perseverance: Part I The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom. (Isaiah 35) We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom

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Habits

[E]verything is ruined by the vain habits we fall into and the way everyone else follows them! (Teresa of Avila: Second Mansions) Do you not know that in a race all runners compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in

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Faculties

Oh, Jesus! What confusion the devils bring about in the poor soul, and how distressed it is, not knowing if it ought to proceed farther or return to the room where it was before! (Teresa of Avila: Second Mansions) In

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Four Stories About Hearing God

Hearing God: Part II His appeals come through the conversations of good people, or from sermons, or through the reading of good books; and there are many other ways, of which you have heard, in which God calls us. (Teresa

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