I would even say that anything said with too much bravado, overassurance, or with any need to control or impress another, is never the voice of God within you. I hope I am not doing that here. If any thought feels too harsh, shaming, or diminishing of yourself or others, it is not likely the voice of God. Trust me on that. That is simply your voice. Why do humans so often presume the exact opposite—that shaming voices are always from God, and grace voices are always the imagination? That is a self-defeating (“demonic”?) path. Yet, as a confessor and a spiritual director, I can confirm that
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