
February 20
“His presence in [difficult people] may save us from some particular sin. They may be, to us, Christ forgiving, Christ in his patience, Christ teaching. They may be Christ in His weariness, or Christ in His fear of Gethsemane, Christ facing His death… They may come as Christ in that particular need of His…”
-Caryll Houselander
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February 19
“How often we think that but for this or that person in our lives we should be saints! That troublesome person in the office; that exasperating fellow lodger; that spiteful old relative... Why is it that we cannot get away from them? It is because Christ wishes to be with them and has chosen us to take Him to them. He loves them, He sees the depths of their loneliness. He has plumbed it with His love. Moreover He approaches us in them.” -Caryll Houselander
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February 18
“Yes, let every meal be a prayer, every hour of sleep, every denial of an impulse to overdo things you feel a compulsion to and believe me, you will at one and the same time cure yourself and cure the sufferings of the world.”
-Caryll Houselander
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