Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri: Difference between revisions

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 maxim[3][2] = "When a spiritual person feels a great calmness of mind in asking anything of God, it is a good sign that God either has granted it, or will do so shortly.";
 maxim[3][3] = "A man ought never to think he has done any good, or rest contented with any degree of perfection he may have attained, because Christ has given us the type of our perfection in putting before us the perfection of the Eternal Father: 'Be ye perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.'";
-maxim[3][4] = "The sweetness which some experience in prayer, is milk which our Lord gives as a relish to those who are just beginning to serve Him.";
+maxim[3][4] = "The sweetness which some experience in prayer is milk which our Lord gives as a relish to those who are just beginning to serve Him.";
 maxim[3][5] = "To leave our prayer when we are called to do some act of charity for our neighbor is not really a quitting of prayer, but leaving Christ for Christ, that is, depriving ourselves of spiritual sweetnesses in order to gain souls.";
 maxim[3][6] = "It is good for a soul to go from prayer with an appetite and desire to return to it, rather than satiated and weary.";