“I am well aware, almighty God and Father,
that in my life I owe you a most particular duty. It is to make my every thought and word speak of you.”
~St Hilary, Bishop and Doctor
For Reflection:
Do I, like St. Hilary, consider it a duty to make my every thought and word speak of God? Why or why not? How can practicing the virtues accomplish this in a practical way?
Divine Intimacy: Meditations on the Interior Life for Every Day of the Liturgical Year Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen O.C.D Leather bound 1216 pages Click Here For More Information: FOREWORD
Father Gabriel was profoundly aware of the spiritual needs of our times, and he also understood the special mission of Carmel in the Church, that of leading souls to a life of intimate union with God by means of the practice of mental prayer. Thus he conceived the idea of a book which, taking its inspiration from the great teachers of Carmel, would set forth the whole doctrine of the spiritual life in the form of simple, but solid, meditations--a book which would introduce souls to intimate prayer.