“Obedience does not mean the execution of orders that are given by a drill sergeant. It springs, rather, from the love of an order, and love of Him who gave it.”

                               -Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

For Reflection:

How do I view the commandments of God and the teachings of the Church? Do I see God and the Church as drill sergeants who impose “orders” on me, or do I see God and the Church as lovers who care for my best interests? What can I do to remedy my thinking if it needs to be remedied?

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Translator's Preface

...under the guidance of Father Arintero, and he saw in their experiences the perpetual vitality of the mystical power of the Church.  He uses them, then, to show that the heights of the mystical life are by no means a relic of the past, but that there are souls even today who have scaled and are scaling the mount of perfection.