Yet You Should Practice The

The Heart Of Man Is, So To Speak, The Paradise Of God.

The Means For Maintaining Perfect Love Is To Accomplish Frequent Acts Of Love. Fire Is Kindled By The Wood We Cast Into It And Love Is Enkindled By Acts Of Love.

"the Flowers Have Appeared In Our Land: The Time Of Pruning Is Come: The Voice Of The Turtle-dove Is Heard In Our Land." When The Soul, Like The Solitary Turtle-dove, Retires And Recollects Itself In Meditation To Converse With God, Then The Flowers, That Is, Good Desires, Appear; Then Comes The Time Of Pruning, That Is, The Correction Of Faults That Are Discovered In Mental Prayer.

But You Never Reject A Repentant And Humble Heart.

He Would Be Guilty Of Mortal Sin, Because He Exposes Himself To The Danger Of Grievously Offending God. Hence, Before He Acts He Must Lay Aside The Doubt; And If He Has Not Hitherto Done So, He Must Confess It, At Least, As It Is Before God. But The Scrupulous, Who Have Doubts About Everything, Must Follow Another Rule: They Must Obey Their Confessor. When He Tells Them To Conquer Their Doubts, And To Act Against Scruples, They Should Obey With Exactness; Otherwise They Will Render Themselves Unable And Unfit To Perform Any Spiritual Exercise.