Quotemeal: May. 19th, 1956

Saturday, May 19, 1956

"The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter."
— John of the Cross

More Quotemeal

"When God turns away from us because of selfishness, it is not rejection. Rather, it is an invitation to follow Him to a place we would rather not go."
— Brennan Manning —
"A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do."
— C. S. Lewis —
"If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?"
— Thomas à Kempis —
"A Christian is a keyhole through which other folk see God."
— Robert E. Gibson —

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Illustration of John of the Cross — "The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter."

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