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"The prayer of petition can lead to an attitude, where it abandons all preoccupations about what to ask and desire, becoming an unconditional 'yes' to the will of God, to ask for nothing, except to grow in love and to refuse nothing, except sin.
This sounds to me as if not to care about the problems around us anymore, but my heart aches when I see the hurt around me, would this be a kind of wildcard prayer?" — May 24, 2025 01:13AM
"The prayer of petition can lead to an attitude, where it abandons all preoccupations about what to ask and desire, becoming an unconditional 'yes' to the will of God, to ask for nothing, except to grow in love and to refuse nothing, except sin.
This sounds to me as if not to care about the problems around us anymore, but my heart aches when I see the hurt around me, would this be a kind of wildcard prayer?" — May 24, 2025 01:13AM
Sebastian Fricke
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"The book concludes the chapter on obedience with a remark, that we have countless opportunities to show obedience by letting go of our preferences and submitting our will, which are in no way dangerous. We ought to learn to disobey our internal disordered reflexes, compulsions and addictions. And as a Christian we don't have the obedience of a slave but of a king, freely, with the goal of learning how to love." — Apr 08, 2025 05:17AM
"The book concludes the chapter on obedience with a remark, that we have countless opportunities to show obedience by letting go of our preferences and submitting our will, which are in no way dangerous. We ought to learn to disobey our internal disordered reflexes, compulsions and addictions. And as a Christian we don't have the obedience of a slave but of a king, freely, with the goal of learning how to love." — Apr 08, 2025 05:17AM
“Acquire a spirit of peace and around you thousands will be saved”
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“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“What some people love is not a person but the experience of being in love. The first is irreplaceable; the second is not.”
― Three to Get Married
― Three to Get Married
“The faithful soul finds its good in everything that affects it”
― The Prayer of Love and Silence
― The Prayer of Love and Silence
“Go and sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything.”
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