Third Spiritual Alphabet

respectively. ‘Oh my Creator, my true Lord, my Brother! My soul overflows with joy at remembering how you have said: My delight is to be with the children of men

Detach your heart from all things; seek God, and you will find him.” M

Wherever God dwells,

Lord, forget not so soon the great evils that I have done! . . . Pour not liquor so precious into a vessel so broken. .

defense of the city and the keys of its fortress to a commander so cowardly, who at the first assault will let the enemy enter?' Life, Ch. 18, 6. ‘Oh, we do not understand that sin is a pitched battle of all the senses and powers of the soul against God: the greater the sinner's power, the more does he scheme to betray his Kin

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because there is no structure so beautiful as a soul filled with virtues, and the more perfect these jewels are, the more brilliantly do the jewels shine.

' A resolute soul fights more courageously, knowing that, come what may, it must never retreat.

should know that unless we allow our­selves to be defeated, we are sure to succeed ' The Way, Ch. 23- See Pilgrim’s Pantry Series

must purify our heart from all earthly thoughts as water purifies a vase and leaves nothing behind, so that it may be full of divine unction and the living water of grace.