It is a great honour, a great glory, to serve Thee and to despise all things for Thee. For they who willingly subject themselves to Thy most holy service shall have a great grace. They shall find the most sweet consolations of the Holy Ghost who for the love of Thee have cast away all carnal delights.
O service worthy to be embraced and always to be wished for, which leads to the Supreme Good, and procures a joy that will never end!
-Bk. III, ch. x.
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If in the midst of our earthly combat and suffering the thought that God has called us out of the world gives us such joy; what will it not be in Heaven, where in eternal glory and endless rest, we shall see what an immense grace we received when we were chosen to dwell in God's house, the very gate of Heaven.
-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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