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maxim[2][20] = "The greatest help to perseverance in the spiritual life is the habit of prayer, especially under the direction of our confessor."; | maxim[2][20] = "The greatest help to perseverance in the spiritual life is the habit of prayer, especially under the direction of our confessor."; | ||
maxim[2][21] = "There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer."; | maxim[2][21] = "There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer."; | ||
maxim[2][22] = "An excellent method of preserving ourselves from relapsing into serious faults | maxim[2][22] = "An excellent method of preserving ourselves from relapsing into serious faults is to say every evening, “To-morrow I may be dead.â€"; | ||
maxim[2][23] = "A man without prayer is an animal without the use of reason."; | maxim[2][23] = "A man without prayer is an animal without the use of reason."; | ||
maxim[2][24] = "The religious state is indeed the highest, but it is not suitable for all."; | maxim[2][24] = "The religious state is indeed the highest, but it is not suitable for all."; | ||
maxim[2][25] = "A most excellent means of learning how to pray, is to acknowledge ourselves unworthy of such a benefit, and to put ourselves entirely into the hands of the Lord."; | maxim[2][25] = "A most excellent means of learning how to pray, is to acknowledge ourselves unworthy of such a benefit, and to put ourselves entirely into the hands of the Lord."; | ||
maxim[2][26] = "The true preparation for prayer consists in the exercise of mortification; for he who wishes to give himself up to prayer without mortification | maxim[2][26] = "The true preparation for prayer consists in the exercise of mortification; for he who wishes to give himself up to prayer without mortification is like a bird wishing to fly before it is fledged."; | ||
maxim[2][27] = "We can never arrive at the contemplative life, if we do not first exercise ourselves laboriously in the active life."; | maxim[2][27] = "We can never arrive at the contemplative life, if we do not first exercise ourselves laboriously in the active life."; | ||
maxim[2][28] = "We must exercise the spirit which God gives us in prayer, and follow that; so that, when, for example, it inclines us to meditate on the Passion, we must not wish to meditate on some other mystery."; | maxim[2][28] = "We must exercise the spirit which God gives us in prayer, and follow that; so that, when, for example, it inclines us to meditate on the Passion, we must not wish to meditate on some other mystery."; | ||
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