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“St. Augustine wrote: “Two loves have built two cities: the love of self even to the despising of God, the city of the earth; the love of God even to the despising of self, the city of God. One glorifies itself in self, and the other in the Lord. One seeks its glory from men, the other places its dearest glory in God, the witness of its conscience. The one in the pride of its glory walks with head high; the other says to its God: ‘Thou art my glory, and it is Thou who dost lift up my head.’ The former in its victories lets itself be conquered by its passion to dominate; the latter shows us its citizens united in charity, mutual servants, tutelary governors, obedient subjects. The former loves its own strength in its princes; the latter says to God: ‘Lord, Thou art my only strength, I shall love Thee.’ “968”
― The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life
― The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life
“Let us perform all our actions with the thought that God dwells in us. We shall thus be His temples, and He Himself will be our God, dwelling in us (cf. Eph. 15: 3).”
― The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life
― The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life
“In commenting on the Stagirite, St. Thomas discards Averroistic interpretations contrary to revealed dogma, on Providence, on creation, on the personal immortality of the human soul. Hence it can be said that he "baptizes" Aristotle's teaching, that is, he shows how the principles of Aristotle, understood as they can be and must be understood, are in harmony with revelation. Thus he builds, step by step, the foundations of a solid Christian philosophy.”
― Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought
― Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought
“the nearer we approach to God, the more we are drawn by Him.”
― The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life
― The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life
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