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“Praying for our enemies is therefore a real event, the event of reconciliation. It is impossible to lift our enemies up in the presence of God and at the same time continue to hate them.… because when we pray, we stand at the center of the great mystery of divine compassion. This explains why some saints consider prayer for our enemies, the main criterion of holiness.”

“Instead of saying: nothing matters anymore since I know that God exists, the converted person says all is now clothed in divine light, and therefore nothing can be unimportant. Converted person, see, hear and understand with the divine eye, divine ear, divine heart.”

“Once we have become poor, we can be a good host. Once we have given up our desire to be fully fulfilled, we can offer emptiness to others. Poverty is the inner disposition that allows us to take away our defenses and convert our enemies into friends…Turning the other cheek means showing our enemies that they can be our enemies only while supposing that we are anxiously clinging to our private property.”