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March 9, 2009
a new day dawns after the night of ignorance
For to the soul that seeks and never relaxes her intent he manifests himself and falls in with her desires. And when he is present, the soul is renewed, and as it were clinging to him, she becomes sensible of a sweetness in her interior taste, spiritual understanding, illumination of faith, increase of hope, provocation of love, zeal for justice, delight in the virtues. In prayer she has familiar converse with God, aware that she is heard and heeded to the highest degree, speaking to God face to face and hearing what the Lord God is saying within her, constraining God in prayer and from time to time prevailing. Illuminated by his grace, she begins to perceive the darkness of her heart, to know herself, to discern how vices conceal themselves under the appearance of virtues or secretly link themselves with them. For in her mind a new day dawns after the night of ignorance…
Richard of St.-Victor
Posted by amin at March 9, 2009 1:30 PM