Pro Vita Monastica: An Essay in Defence of the Contemplative VirtuesAtlantic Monthly Press, 1923 - 164 pagina's |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 15 - If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Pagina 129 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my Father ; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ; and to my God and your God.
Pagina 122 - O donna, in cui la mia speranza vige, E che soffristi per la mia salute In Inferno lasciar le tue vestige; Di tante cose quante io ho vedute , Dal tuo podere e dalla tua bontate Riconosco la grazia e la virtute. Tu m...
Pagina 123 - For my soul is full of troubles : and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Pagina 123 - For thou, LORD, art good, and ready to forgive ; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Pagina 15 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Pagina 53 - The universal instinct of repose, The longing for confirmed tranquillity, Inward and outward ; humble, yet sublime : The life where hope and memory are as one ; Earth quiet and unchanged ; the human soul Consistent in self-rule ; and heaven revealed To meditation in that quietness...
Pagina 131 - I shall ever try to keep my body pure, knowing that thy living touch is upon all my limbs. I shall ever try to keep all untruths 3 out from my thoughts, knowing that thou art that truth which has kindled the light of reason in my mind. I shall ever try to drive all evils away from my heart and keep my love in flower, knowing that thou hast thy seat in the inmost shrine of my heart.
Pagina 53 - What other yearning was the master tie Of the monastic brotherhood, upon rock Aerial, or in green secluded vale, One after one, collected from afar, An undissolving fellowship ?—What but this, The universal instinct of repose, The longing for confirmed tranquillity, Inward and outward; humble, yet sublime : The life where hope and memory are as one ; Where earth is quiet and her face unchanged Save by the simplest toil of human hands Or seasons...
Pagina 123 - Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.