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CHAPTER VII. Examination as to the Affectations of the Soul. I HAVE dwelt thus at length on these points, on a due examination of which…
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CHAPTER XIII. Of Spiritual and Sensible Consolations, and how to receive them. THE order of God’s Providence maintains a perpetual vicissitude in the material being…
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CHAPTER VI. When Temptation and Delectation are Sin. THAT princess, whom we have already taken as an illustration, was not to blame in the unlawful…
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CHAPTER V. Encouragement for the Tempted Soul. GOD never permits such grievous temptations and assaults to try any, save those souls whom He designs to…
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Anxiety has bee plaguing me most of the summer. I know intellectually that God is calling me to a deeper trust in Him and rely…
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CHAPTER XX. Of the Difference between True and False Friendship. TAKE notice, my child, that the honey of Heraclyum, which is so poisonous, altogether resembles…
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CHAPTER V. On Interior Humility. TO you however, my daughter, I would teach a deeper humility, for that of which I have been speaking is…
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CHAPTER II. The same Subject continued. SAINT AUGUSTINE says very admirably, that beginners in devotion are wont to commit certain faults which, while they are…
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Imagine God speaking a language, in five different dialects and it takes an open heart to hear everything God has to say. But most of us…
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Generally speaking, our prayers usually miss the mark particularly regarding ourselves. For sure God is active in our lives, but not in the way we…