Quotemeal: Apr. 9th, 1951

Monday, April 9, 1951

"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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"Study always to have Joy, for it befits not the servant of God to show before his brother or another sadness or a troubled face."
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"Know this: though love is weak and hate is strong, Yet hate is short, and love is very long."
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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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