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Brother Lawrence speaks with simplicity as he describes his relationship with Christ the King: “this King, full of goodness and mercy, lovingly embraces me, seats me at his table, waits on me himself, gives me the keys to his treasures and treats me in all things as his favorite.”
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"The soul must practice the following instructions if it wishes to attain in a short time holy recollection and spiritual silence, nakedness, and poverty of spirit, where one enjoys the peaceful comfort of the Holy Spirit," writes St John of the Cross in the introduction to The Precautions.
Tell me, Céline, is it for the peach that God has created this pretty pink color, so velvety and so pleasing to see and to touch?
Seek those things which draw you to the ardor of my love
A soul ordinarily needs instruction in order to be guided through the dark night
If we serve with humility, the Lord in the end will succor us in our needs
Not only had I failed to be poor in spirit, but I was foolish in spirit
"I believe it has many of the good things contained in all the virtues."
Whoever seeks God and nothing else is not wandering in darkness no matter how dark and poor you think you are.
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Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. ~ St. Teresa of Avila
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