The lover looks not at the gifts, but turns himself to the Giver, above all goods.
-Bk. III, ch. v.
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One day she was throwing rose petals up at the crucifix in the garth. "Are you hoping to obtain some grace?" we asked her.
"Oh! no," was her quick reply, "it is to please Our Lord. I do not give in order to receive."
-Esprit de Sainte Therese.
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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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