If heavenly grace and true charity come in, there shall be no envy or narrowness of heart, nor shall self-love keep its hold. For divine charity overcomes all, and
dilates all the powers of the soul.
-Bk. III, ch. ix.
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As the rule of silence and solitude was strictly kept, she only saw her sisters at recreation. Had she been less mortified, she might often have sat beside them, but she made it her practice to talk to those nuns whose company pleased her least. No one could tell whether she had any particular affection for her own sisters.
-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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