If a man give his whole substance, it is yet nothing. And if he have great virtue, and exceeding devotion, there is still much wanting to him; to wit, one thing, which is chiefly necessary to him. And what is that? That, having left all things else, he leave also himself, and retain nothing of self-love.
-Bk. II, ch. xi.
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The science of love! How sweet those words sound! That is the only science I want to know; having like the Bride of the Canticle given all my substance for love, I shall despise it as nothing (Cant. viii, 7). I am so convinced that our love is the one thing that makes us acceptable to God, that it is the only treasure that I seek after.
-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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