IT is necessary to seek even holy things without attachment to self-will. St Francis de Sales used to say: "I desire but few things, and for these I am not solicitous." He wished for them, not through self-love, but to please God; and was prepared to give them up as soon as he knew they were not conformable to the will of God.
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From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927
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