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Terrorists as well as saints are the outcome of spiritual formation. -
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The new life is not a matter of mere moral reformation, but of spiritual transformation. -
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To enter into the realm of contemplation one must in a certain sense die: but this death is in fact the entrance into a higher life. It is a death for the sake of life, which leaves behind all that we... -
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Uncontrolled temper is soon dissipated on others. Resentment, bitterness, and self-pity build up inside our hearts and eat away at our spiritual lives like a slowly spreading cancer. -
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The dark night is a key part of God’s missional purpose in the world. -
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The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life—the life God is sending one day by day. -
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Retreat in the context of the spiritual life is an extended time apart for the purpose of being with God and giving God our full and undivided attention; -
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The problem is that if we are regularly taught to understand the spiritual life as mainly, if not exclusively, about giving up things, we will never hear the call to engage with life or particular iss... -
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To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of our loneliness and to change it by gentle and persistent efforts into a garden of solitude. The movement from loneli... -
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Living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such a conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change, or it can take place through a long, quiet process of transformation. But it... -
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The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you. -
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I still believe that all spiritual life consists of practicing God’s presence, and that anyone who practices correctly will soon attain spiritual fulfillment… There is no sweeter manner of living in t... -
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The only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagine that they can discover spiritual gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God&... -
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We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience. -
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Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and for him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that he i...
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