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Holiness is not a matter of any one particular method of spirituality. It is a disposition of the heart that makes us small and humble within the arms of God, aware of our weakness, but almost rashly confident in his Fatherly goodness. ~Thérèse of Lisieux
The human heart is torn between a sense of emptiness and a need of being filled, like the water pots of Cana. The emptiness comes from the fact that we are human. The power of filling belongs only to him who ordered the water pots filled… . Hence all perfect love must end on the note: “Not my will, but yours be done, O Lord.” ~Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Grant me always to desire and to choose whatever is most acceptable to you, O Lord. Let my will always follow your will and agree perfectly with it. Let me not be able to will or not to will anything other than what you will or do not will.” ~Thomas à Kempis
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