Friday, June 20, 2008

Just for Today, June 21

They may indeed sound forth words, but they give not the spirit. They speak well; but if Thou be silent, they do not set the heart on fire. They work only outwardly, but Thou instructest and enlightenest the heart.

-Bk. III, ch. ii.
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You tell me that my letters do you good. I am glad to hear it, but I do not deceive myself. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain tnat build it (Ps. cxxvi). Unless grace touches the heart, the most elo­quent discourse cannot draw from a single act of love.

-Letters.
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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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