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I think this is a beautiful book. I first read this as part of a series of sessions on formation. This book is probably best read in this manner - as part of a programme of sessions or a retreat. Otherwise one may run the risk of flipping through the
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"Usually we can forgive ourselves only after we have forgiven our own parents for being hurt and human rather than God. The problem isn't making mistakes but rather not trusting one's mistakes to a God who heals and whose infinite care can create new life in any time of hurt." — Oct 19, 2019 01:40AM
"Usually we can forgive ourselves only after we have forgiven our own parents for being hurt and human rather than God. The problem isn't making mistakes but rather not trusting one's mistakes to a God who heals and whose infinite care can create new life in any time of hurt." — Oct 19, 2019 01:40AM
“To love is to will the good of the other.”
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“Jesus loves hidden souls. A hidden flower is the most fragrant. I must strive to make the interior of my soul a resting place for the Heart of Jesus.”
― Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul
― Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul
“Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“If you ask me what you are to do in order to be perfect, I say, first—Do not lie in bed beyond the due time of rising; give your first thoughts to God; make a good visit to the Blessed Sacrament; say the Angelus devoutly; eat and drink to God’s glory; say the Rosary well; be recollected; keep out bad thoughts; make your evening meditation well; examine yourself daily; go to bed in good time, and you are already perfect.”
― Meditations and Devotions
― Meditations and Devotions
“God has to work in the soul in secret and in darkness because if we fully knew what was happening, and what Mystery, transformation, God and Grace will eventually ask of us, we would either try to take charge or stop the whole process.”
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