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" Catholics take their Church for granted,' he explained. 'We even take our Lord in the tabernacle for granted. But you mustn't be too hard on us. All children take their home and their father for granted. We are spoiled children.' "

The towering beauty of my Love
I had not known before;
If you will hate her quite so much
Then I will love her more.
...
But that was ere you made me see
How fair she is and great;
I had not known of half my love
Until I knew your hate!

" 'You'd think, to hear some good people talk,' he said, 'the Church has some sort of secret Swiss Guard like a slave state's secret police to seize me in the dead of night if I should deny her authority. The truth is that I am the police, the judge, the jury - I am the jailer and the firing squad.' "

" 'It's living the truth that makes men free, I'd say,' Dan smiled. 'Man is, I'm afraid, a rational animal more often in definition than in act.' "

O Lord, I beseech Thee, leave me not for a moment, because I know not the value of my soul." (excerpt from Prayer of a Soul Taken with Love by St. John of the Cross)
https://carmelitesofboston.org/prayer...

"O Lord, I beseech Thee, leave me not for a moment, because I know not the value of my soul." (excerpt from Prayer of a Soul Taken with Love by St. John of the Cross)
https://carmelitesofboston.org/prayer...