“In this fashion he bestows substancial locutions on certain
souls. These locutions are as important and valuable as are the
life, virtue, and incomparable blessings they impart to the soul.
A locution of this sort does more good for a person than a whole
lifetime of deeds.”- The Ascend of Mount Carmel, Book two, Chapter
31, St John of the Cross
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“Yet until a soul is placed by God in the passive purgation of that dark night, it cannot purify itsself completely from these imperfections nor from others. But a person should insofaras possible strive to do his part in purifying and perfecting himself and there-by merit God’s divine cure; in this cure God will heal him of what, through his efforts, he was unable to remedy. No matter how much an individual does through his own efforts, he cannot actively purify himself enough to be disposed in the least degree for the divine union of the perfection of love. God must take over and purge him in that fire that is dark for him.”- Saint John of the Cross
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“What you’ll find is the concepts of the spiritual world will start to surface. They will enlighten the weak and the humble in a most profound way. Mother Earth. Some choose to believe that it is Mother Earth. In their mind this mother is pushing forward her natural thoughts for change. These being her efforts to balance the ways of an unchanging male dominant society. To balance the greatness of the imbalanced she will stay insistent of only her feminine air, feminine to balance what already is, but also, this time, because she knows anew must be born.” – anonymous, I heard that somewhere
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Mediation + Contemplation = Successful Spiritual Life
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May 31: Happy REAL Valentines Day!!
On the Feast Day of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus..
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When Mary was three years old, her parents presented her in the Temple in Jerusalem as a gift to the Lord. Their family then lived close by that great center of Jewish life. Even from her first days, Mary as a child seemed to know that her life was to serve God.
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