Saturday, January 25th

Oh, then, spiritual soul, when you see your appetites darkened, your inclinations dry and constrained, your faculties incapacitated for any interior exercise, do not be afflicted; think of this as a grace, since God is freeing you from yourself and taking from you your own activity. -St. John of the…

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Thursday, January 23rd

If the sun’s rays strike a window, but the window is stained and dirty, the sun cannot shine through in the same way it would have done if the window were clean and spotless. All depends, not on the sun, but on the window…The soul resembles this window. -St. John…

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