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“To understand this union of which we speak, know that God is present in substance in each soul, even that of the greatest sinner in the world. And this kind of union with God always exists, in all creatures.”5
Gerald G. May • The Dark Night of the Soul
anagogical.
R. C. Sproul • Knowing Scripture
For this cause do many things displease thee and often trouble thee, that thou art not yet perfectly dead to thyself nor separated from all earthly things. Nothing so defileth and entangleth the heart of man as impure love towards created things. If thou rejectest outward comfort thou wilt be able to contemplate heavenly things and frequently to be
... See moreThomas Kempis • The Imitation of Christ [with Biographical Introduction]
Neither will you find any remedy or comfort which can free you or relieve you, but you must bear with it as long as God wills. For if God wants you to learn to suffer tribulation without comfort, it is so that you may surrender yourself entirely to him and so become more humble through tribulation.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Sin gains entrance through these and similar good things when we turn to them with immoderate desire, since they are
Augustine of Hippo, John E. Rotelle (Editor), Maria Boulding (Translator) • Confessions
the summary of all his theology, he says, “About God, we cannot say what He is but rather what He is not. And so we cannot speak about how He is but rather how He is not.”
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
-Brother Lawrence, Carmelite monk of the 1600s France
Day Four: On Calling Meditation Email
Christ wants to teach us that we should look at trials and suffering very differently from the way they appear and feel to us in this world.