"My God, you know infinitely better than
I how little I love you. I would not love you at all except for your grace. It
is your grace that has opened the eyes of my mind and enabled them to see your
glory. It is your grace that has touched my heart and brought upon it the
influence of what is so wonderfully beautiful and fair . . . O my God, whatever
is nearer to me than you, things of this earth, and things more naturally
pleasing to me, will be sure to interrupt the sight of you, unless your grace
interferes. Keep my eyes, my ears, my heart from any such miserable tyranny.
Break my bonds—raise my heart. Keep my whole being fixed on you. Let me never
lose sight of you; and, while I gaze on you, let my love of you grow more and
more everyday."
— Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman, Everyday
Meditations, p. 44-5
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