Father Benson points out that “the Way of Divine Love has been trodden and retrodden already a thousand times.” Moreover, because the relationship between Christ and His beloved is a friendship between two human souls, “it will follow in a great degree the regular lines of all other friendships.”

“There are moments in it of bewildering bliss, at communion or in prayer—moments when it appears (as indeed it is) to be the one supreme experience of life; moments when the whole being is shaken and transfused with love.”

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Quote of the week

“When I shrink from suffering, Jesus reproves me and tells me that He did not refuse to suffer. Then I say ‘Jesus, Your will and not mine’. At last I am convinced that only God can make me happy, and in Him I have placed all my hope…”
St. Gemma Galgani