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At the outset I must confess that I am no longer very good at telling the difference between good things and bad things. Of course there are many events in human history that can only be labeled as evil, but from the standpoint of inner individual experience the distinction has become blurred for me. Some things start out looking great but wind up terribly, while other things seem bad in the beginning but turn out to be blessings in disguise. I was diagnosed with cancer in 1995, which I thought
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― The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth
― The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth
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They place more reliance upon methods and kinds of ceremony than upon the reality of their prayer, and herein they greatly offend and displease God.
I refer, for example, to a Mass which is said with so many candles, neither more nor fewer; which is said by a priest in such and such a way; and must be at such and such an hour, neither sooner nor later; and the prayers and stations must be made at such time and with such ceremonies and in no other manner; and the person who makes them must have
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― The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
― The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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