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|    Rich to All    |
|    Thoughts on the Misery of Man (2/2)    |
|    17 Mar 22 00:13:42    |
      [continued from previous message]              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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