Quotemeal: Apr. 9th, 1947

Wednesday, April 9, 1947

"However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will — unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself — not one step will you advance on the road to perfection."
— John of the Cross

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"Oh Lord, become the master of our passions, and the creator of our desires."
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"Unless the gospel is preached with contemporary relevance it has not been preached."
— Martin Luther —
"Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be ready to receive greater."
— Thomas à Kempis —

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Illustration of John of the Cross — "However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will — unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself — not one step will you advance on the road to perfection."

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