• “They only did what God permitted them to do, which enabled me always to keep God in sight… When we suffer, we should always remember that God inflicts the blow. Wicked men, it is true, are not infrequently His instruments; and the fact does not diminish, but simply develops their wickedness. But when we are so mentally disposed that we love the strokes we suffer, regarding them as coming from God, and as expressions of what He sees best for us, we are then in the proper state to look forgivingly and kindly upon the subordinate instrument which He permits to smite us.” – Madame Guyon

Fenelon Letters to Women

Freedom From Self by Francis Fenelon

As long as we are centered in self, we shall be a prey to the contradiction, the wickedness, and injustice… Continue reading

God to Be Served in Ordinary Ways by Francis Fenelon

We must think how to repair the interior disorder of which you complain. The too earthly conduct of others… Continue reading

ON SOME DIFFICULTIES OF TEMPERAMENT.

XCIII. 

You are good; you want to be better, and you are making 
great efforts in the details of life… Continue reading 

HOW TO USE SEASONS OF SPIRITUAL PEACE.

XCI 

I AM very glad that your retreat has been so satisfactory, 
and that God gives you so much inward… Continue reading 

HOW TO BEAR WITH OTHERS.

LXXXV1I. 

... IN order to be satisfied even with the best people, 
we need to be content with little, and… Continue reading 

LUKEWARMNESS.

LXXXVI. 

WHAT a relief it would be only to see those who are 
really friends in God's Sight, and to… Continue reading 

TEARFULNESS.

CVL 

Do not be afraid ; you insult God by mistrusting His 
Goodness ; He knows better than you what… Continue reading 

SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS.

CV. 

I QUITE understand that all your troubles come from 
excessive self-consciousness, and from letting yourself be 
too much guided… Continue reading 

HOW TO ACCEPT ALL GOD’S DEALINGS THANKFULLY.

CIV. 

GOD loves you, since He is so jealous over you and so 
watchful in bringing home to you even… Continue reading 

TO A LADY, CONCERNING CERTAIN FAMILY DIFFICULTIES.


IT is true that you are too much self-absorbed, too keenly 
perceptive through a touchy fastidiousness, too ready to 
be… Continue reading 
  • “Pain is never permanent.” –Teresa of Avila

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For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.” — Romans 14:11 (NKJV)

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