For Thy will and the love of Thy honour ought to be regarded above all, and to comfort and please a man more than any benefits whatsoever, which he hath received, or can receive.
-Bk. III, ch. xxii.
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There is a verse of the Psalms which I recite very reluctantly every day at Sext: Inclinavi cor meum ad faciendas justificationes tuas in aeternum, propter retributionem (Ps. cxviii). (I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.) I then hasten to add in my heart: Dear Lord, Thou knowest that I do not serve Thee for the sake of a reward, but simply because I love Thee, and in order to save souls.
-The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme)
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Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.
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