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Ravignan's last retreat, given to the Carmelite nuns of the monastery, Rue de Messine, Paris. Tr. by F.M. Mahony

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 ...dispensations, and corrections, which are not necessary; to pluck from your heart all desire for the esteem of creatures, all sensual love; to turn you away for ever from the path of pride, and the thousand ways leading thereto. For the spirit of Satan can penetrate even into Carmel, and that in a very subtle manner,--so well does it harmonize with our natural inclinations. Let us then defy an enemy who knows our tendencies so well,--our love of imperfection and vanity. You know the comparison employed by the Masters of the Spiritual Life, in order to make us understand the action of Satan in " It is given to Satan," they say, "to use our imagination as if it were a harp, to press on it every touch, and to draw from it every sound ". Now turn your eyes on the peaceful camp at Jerusalem. We behold our Lord sitting calmly there, beautiful, indulgent, good, meek, merciful. He is seeking devout souls to establish His kingdom. He calls them sweetly and forcibly, and what does He say to them? He speaks to them of poverty and detachment from sensual things. This is His poverty, love contempt. Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are they who mourn. Blessed are they who suffer persecution. Detachment from all earthly things, then, the desire of receiving insults,--yea, nothing more than this to imitate and to follow Him, and to fight Satan. The desire of receiving insults is nothing but true humility which consists itself in the love of God, joined to the knowledge of ourselves. And this is our Lord's pure spirit,--Himself, His very self! Oh! we may not, perhaps, be able to attain this spirit and to follow Him perfectly all at once; but we should pray exceedingly. We should earnestly ask for the love of contempt in order ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ravignan's last retreat, given to the Carmelite nuns of the monastery, Rue de Messine, Paris. Tr. by F.M. Mahony. To get started finding Ravignan's last retreat, given to the Carmelite nuns of the monastery, Rue de Messine, Paris. Tr. by F.M. Mahony, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 ...dispensations, and corrections, which are not necessary; to pluck from your heart all desire for the esteem of creatures, all sensual love; to turn you away for ever from the path of pride, and the thousand ways leading thereto. For the spirit of Satan can penetrate even into Carmel, and that in a very subtle manner,--so well does it harmonize with our natural inclinations. Let us then defy an enemy who knows our tendencies so well,--our love of imperfection and vanity. You know the comparison employed by the Masters of the Spiritual Life, in order to make us understand the action of Satan in " It is given to Satan," they say, "to use our imagination as if it were a harp, to press on it every touch, and to draw from it every sound ". Now turn your eyes on the peaceful camp at Jerusalem. We behold our Lord sitting calmly there, beautiful, indulgent, good, meek, merciful. He is seeking devout souls to establish His kingdom. He calls them sweetly and forcibly, and what does He say to them? He speaks to them of poverty and detachment from sensual things. This is His poverty, love contempt. Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are they who mourn. Blessed are they who suffer persecution. Detachment from all earthly things, then, the desire of receiving insults,--yea, nothing more than this to imitate and to follow Him, and to fight Satan. The desire of receiving insults is nothing but true humility which consists itself in the love of God, joined to the knowledge of ourselves. And this is our Lord's pure spirit,--Himself, His very self! Oh! we may not, perhaps, be able to attain this spirit and to follow Him perfectly all at once; but we should pray exceedingly. We should earnestly ask for the love of contempt in order ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ravignan's last retreat, given to the Carmelite nuns of the monastery, Rue de Messine, Paris. Tr. by F.M. Mahony. To get started finding Ravignan's last retreat, given to the Carmelite nuns of the monastery, Rue de Messine, Paris. Tr. by F.M. Mahony, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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