Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Internal and External Activity


St. Augustine says: "Whatsoever thou dost wish and canst not do, God takes as done." See how important is the inner life. It is a world independent of the outer one, where virtue and the service of God may be carried to any extent without impediment. Its range is far greater, its actions far more numerous than in our external life. How generous is God to measure your merits and reward not according to the pettiness of your abilities, but by the fervor of your desires! Cultivate first and chiefly that life which God alone sees rather than that which is seen by men.

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