Daily Thought For February 26, 2019

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Encouragement For Our Prayer Life

I do not want you to be too worried about your prayer made without words, as you put it to me, because it is good if at the end it leaves you with noble affections in your heart. Therefore, follow the path along which the Holy Spirit is calling you, without neglecting to prepare yourself for meditation. It is necessary to give yourself a sufficient preparation which mirrors your attitude; when God lifts us up to lofty heights, to Him alone be the glory! 

St. Francis de Sales (Letters 49; O. XIII, p. 334) 

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