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   Rich to All   
   Thoughts on the Misery of Man (2/2)   
   17 Mar 22 00:13:42   
   
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   possession of us; we give our whole will to you; make us understand   
   what it is that you desire of us, and we will perform it."   
   If we would give full satisfaction to the heart of God, we must bring   
   our own will in everything into conformity with his; and not only into   
   conformity, but into uniformity also, as regards all that God ordains.   
   Conformity signifies the joining of our own will to the will of God;   
   but uniformity signifies, further, our making of the divine and our   
   own will one will only, so that we desire nothing but what God   
   desires, and his will becomes ours. This is the sum and substance of   
   that perfection to which we ought to be ever aspiring; this is what   
   must be the aim of all we do, and of all our desires, meditations and   
   prayers. For this we must invoke the assistance of all our patron   
   saints and our guardian angels, and, above all, of our   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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