By detachment and purity of heart,
if one succeeds to penetrate
the inner secret of the ground
of one’s ordinary experience,
he attains a liberty
which nobody can touch,
which nobody can affect.
It is the monastic view of reality.
Necessary is it, and inevitable
are the practices of asceticism
in a spiritual search.
(But there are several other concepts such as abnegation, mortification, penance, self-denial, sacrifice, renunciation and detachment) .
to the whole earthto participate inthe celebratoryconcert, whichhonors ourheavenly Lord.The nations areurged to comeand to see, and tojoin in a unanimouschorus of thanksgivingand praise, for thewonderful worksof God, and allthat He has donefor the children of men.(Ref. to Psalm 66: 5) .
easygoing,even then, life canget stressful.When stress takesover, even forthose who appearto be the calmest,it can lead toa sort of madnessand unrest.Then you will seekcalmness of the mind.
adequately expresstruths of an infiniteGodunivocally,because that wouldmake Godto bea finite being.(When I say Leonardo da vinci is a man and Pope Francis is a man, I mean the word ‘man’ in the same exact way even though I am referring to two different men. This is called the ‘univocal’ use of language.)
Make right, what is wrong.Make true, what is false.Remake what is evilfor the good of the others.Thirst to becomethe one who is all-righteoushungering and thirsting forrighteousness for the sake of others(Ideas from the Sermon on the Mount of Jesus in the New Testament)
who writes aboutthis coming timeof terrible judgement,to be poured outon a sinful, godless world.It will be a time wheneverything that canbe shaken will be shaken,for it is the prophesiedtime of terrible Trouble.The Lord will pourout His furious wrathon a Christ-rejecting,sinful world, which refusedHis gracious offer of salvation.
and choose for my love of God.For the very fact thatGod can be lovedand not reasonedbecause our brainwill never have the abilityto find God with our reason.By love God may be soughtand held, but not by thought.
