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- Christ is born to us today, in order that he may appear to the whole world through us. Appear
- Because You have called me here not to wear a label by which I can recognize myself and place myself in some kind of a… Always Trying
- Once you have grace," I said to him, "you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you should not do,… Able
- The secret of my full identity is hidden in Him. He alone can make me who I am, or rather who I will be when… Alone
- I seek to speak to you, in some way, as your own self. Who can tell what this may meanI myself do not know, but… Book
- There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues. Bitsy
- In any case, his religious teaching consisted mostly in more or less vague ethical remarks, an obscure mixture of ideals of English gentlemanliness and his… Any
- I had refused to pay any attention to the moral laws upon which all our vitality and sanity depend: and so now I was reduced… All
- It is the will of God that we live not only as rational beings, but as "new men" regenerated by the Holy Spirit in Christ.… Answer
- The land which thou goest to possess is not like the land of Egypt from whence thou camest out... For my thoughts are not your… Bread
- Therefore, doing the Stations of the Cross was still more laborious than consoling, and required a sacrifice. It was much the same with all my… All
- His justice is the love that gives to each one of His creatures the gifts that His mercy has previously decreed. And His mercy is… Accept
- And of course most non-Catholics imagine that the Church is immensely rich, and that all Catholic institutions make money hand over fist, and that all… All
- Show us your Christ, Lady, after this our exile, yes: but show Him to us also now, show Him to us here, while we are… Christ
- You have got me walking up and down all day under those trees, saying to me over and over again, "Solitude, solitude." And You have… All
- The most awful tyranny is that of the proximate Utopia where the last sins are currently being eliminated and where, tomorrow, there will be no… All
- To desire Him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge Him as God. To seek His pity when we deserve no pity is to… Acknowledge
- The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast. The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life, the more we… Alter
- Consequently, the truth of God lives in our souls more by the power of superior moral courage than by the light of an eminent intelligence.… Communicated
- I am willing to admit that some people might live there for years, or even a lifetime, so protected that they never sense the sweet… Abounding
- Place no hope in the feeling of assurance, in spiritual comfort. You may well have to get along without this. Place no hope in the… Able
- Imagination has the creative task of making symbols, joining things together in such a way that they throw new light on each other and on… Art
- Our technological society has no longer any place in it for wisdom that seeks truth for its own sake, that seeks the fullness of being,… Action
- While some men see ordinary happenings, others see divine light and guidance. Divine
- If Zen has any preference it is for glass that is plain, has no color, and is "just glass." Any
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