"Christ subjected himself to the law of the……" — Caryll Houselander
"Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was "one of the children of the year," growing through rest, secret in his mothers womb, receiving the warmth of the sun through her, living the life of dependence, helplessness, littleness, darkness, and silence which, by a mystery of the Eternal Law, is the life of natural growth."
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19 Quotes by Caryll Houselander
Caryll Houselander has 19 quotes on this site.
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We must carry Jesus in our hearts to wherever He wants to go, and there are many places to which…
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We are only syllables of the perfect Word.
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By his own will Christ was dependent on Mary during Advent: he was absolutely helpless; he could go nowhere but…
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It is part of God's plan for us that Christ shall come to us in everyone; it is in their…
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Every ordinary thing in your life is a word of God's love: your home, your work, the clothes you wear,…
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God speaks silently, God speaks in your heart; if your heart is noisy, chattering, you will not hear.
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We are united to Him, we are one, and it is when His Passion becomes real to us, through experience…
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It is a time of darkness, of faith. We shall not see Christ's radiance in our lives yet; it is…
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Christ used the flesh and blood of Mary for his life on earth, the Word of love was uttered in…
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The Passion of Christ was an experience which included in itself every experience except sin, of every member of the…
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Sometimes it may seem to us that there is no purpose in our lives, that going day after day for…
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Advent is the season of the secret, the secret of the growth of Christ, of divine love growing in silence…For…
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