Quotemeal: Nov. 27th, 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010

"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil

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"We cannot bear sin - when it is near us, we feel like a wretch chained to a rotting carcass; we groan to be free of the hateful thing."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves."
— George Eliot —
"Jesus is our mouth, through which we speak to the Father; He is our eye, through which we see the Father; He is our right hand through which we offer ourselves...."
— St. Ambrose —
"The heart is rich when it is content, and it is always content when its desires are fixed on God."
— Miguel Cordero-Munoz —

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Illustration

Illustration of Simone Weil — "Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."

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