Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri: Difference between revisions
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maxim[2][23] = "A man without prayer is an animal without the use of reason."; | maxim[2][23] = "A man without prayer is an animal without the use of reason."; | ||
maxim[2][24] = "The religious state is indeed the highest, but it is not suitable for all."; | maxim[2][24] = "The religious state is indeed the highest, but it is not suitable for all."; | ||
maxim[2][25] = "A most excellent means of learning how to pray | maxim[2][25] = "A most excellent means of learning how to pray is to acknowledge ourselves unworthy of such a benefit, and to put ourselves entirely into the hands of the Lord."; | ||
maxim[2][26] = "The true preparation for prayer consists in the exercise of mortification; for he who wishes to give himself up to prayer without mortification is like a bird wishing to fly before it is fledged."; | maxim[2][26] = "The true preparation for prayer consists in the exercise of mortification; for he who wishes to give himself up to prayer without mortification is like a bird wishing to fly before it is fledged."; | ||
maxim[2][27] = "We can never arrive at the contemplative life, if we do not first exercise ourselves laboriously in the active life."; | maxim[2][27] = "We can never arrive at the contemplative life, if we do not first exercise ourselves laboriously in the active life."; | ||
