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Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“the nearer we approach to God, the more we are drawn by Him.”
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life

Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“St. Augustine wrote: “Two loves have built two cities: the love of self even to the despising of God, the city of the earth; the love of God even to the despising of self, the city of God. One glorifies itself in self, and the other in the Lord. One seeks its glory from men, the other places its dearest glory in God, the witness of its conscience. The one in the pride of its glory walks with head high; the other says to its God: ‘Thou art my glory, and it is Thou who dost lift up my head.’ The former in its victories lets itself be conquered by its passion to dominate; the latter shows us its citizens united in charity, mutual servants, tutelary governors, obedient subjects. The former loves its own strength in its princes; the latter says to God: ‘Lord, Thou art my only strength, I shall love Thee.’ “968”
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life

Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“The nearer a soul is to God, the more it deserves our esteem; the closer the ties that bit it to us, the more sensible is our love for it, and the more whole-hearted should be the devotion we show in all that concerns family, country, vocation, and friendship. Thus, instead of destroying patriotism, charity exalts it, as we see in the case of St. Joan of Arc or St. Louis.”
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Providence: God's loving care for men and the need for confidence in Almighty God

Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“There are two classes of people who hide themselves: the criminal who flees punishment, and the saint who through humility wishes to remain unknown.”
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life

Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“St. Thomas Aquinas deeply loved this beautiful chant thus understood. It is told of him that he could not keep back his tears when, during Compline of Lent, he chanted the antiphon: “In the midst of life we are in death: whom do we seek as our helper, but Thou, O Lord, who because of our sins art rightly incensed? Holy God, strong God, holy and merciful Savior, deliver us not up to a bitter death; abandon us not in the time of our old age, when our strength will abandon us.” This beautiful antiphon begs for the grace of final perseverance, the grace of graces, that of the predestined. How it should speak to the heart of the contemplative theologian, who has made a deep study of the tracts on Providence, predestination, and grace!”
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life

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