Christian Quotation of the Day
September 14, 1999

    If we ever are to attain to true Divine Peace, and be
completely united to God, all that is not absolutely necessary,
either bodily or spiritually, must be cast off; everything that
could interpose itself to an unlawful extent between us and
Him, and lead us astray: for He alone will be Lord in our
hearts, and none other; for Divine Love can admit of no rival.
              ... Johannes Tauler (ca.1300-1361), The Inner Way

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Christian Quotation of the Day
August 2, 1999

    He who has found his soul's life in God is happy -- not, In
truth, with perfect happiness: that is not granted to men in
this world, but a foretaste thereof --he has a secret joy which
is beyond the reach of temptation, unrest, and sorrow; a quiet
confidence and steadfastness which abide even while the waves
and storms of life sweep over him...  When the soul has
sincerely given itself up to God, He fills it with His own
peace, a peace which makes all earthly things indifferent -- as
before His Presence, absorbing the heart.  It is our strength,
our comfort, our guide, the deeper and more confirmed it
becomes, the greater our spiritual perfection; so that in truth
to obtain and preserve this peace is the real secret of the
interior life.
      ... Jean N. Grou (1731-1803), The Hidden Life of the Soul

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