But, believe me, if you find you are lacking in this virtue, you have not yet attained union. So ask Our Lord to grant you this perfect love for your neighbor, and allow His Majesty to work, and, if you…
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Hooked on a Feeling
When I see people very diligently trying to discover what kind of prayer they are experiencing and so completely wrapped up in their prayers that they seem afraid to stir, or to indulge in a moment’s thought, lest they should…
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Imagination and Ambition
I like the way in which some souls, when they are at prayer, think that, for Gods sake, they would be glad if they could be humbled and put to open shame–and then try to conceal quite a slight failure.…
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Loving Our Neighbor
But here the Lord asks only two things of us: love for His Majesty and love for our neighbor. It is for these two virtues that we must strive, and if we attain them perfectly we are doing His will…
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The Pursuit of Perfection
What do you suppose His will is, daughters? That we should be altogether perfect, and be one with Him and with the Father, as in His Majesty’s prayer. Consider what a long way we are from attaining this. I assure…
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