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X (32) | Every reverse is a pointer to some spiritual truth that we were in
danger of forgetting. You therefore should strive calmly to settle
down & examine from this point of view the reverse that has so
deeply shocked you. |
X (32) | The wood of this cross that now breaks your back first grew in the
soil of your heart. |
X (33) | When we are incapable of scaling the peaks of virtue, all we have
to do is descend into the ravine of humility. Our humility is our
great intecessor before the face of the Lord. |
X (34) | Not one of us can boast of having acquired humility: our actions,
the whole of our life, prove the contrary. And where there is lack of
humility pride is always present. Where light is wanting, darkness
reigns. |