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Further quotations from St. Ephrem the Harp of the Holy Spirit and St. Teresa of Jesus!

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'He who shall courageously present himself to drink our Savior's chalice will find that a certain divine strength will never fail him in persecutions.'

'I would willingly endure alone all the sufferings of this world to be raised a degree higher in Heaven and to possess the smallest increase of the knowledge of God's greatness.'

St. Teresa of Jesus

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'Where are God's friends, filled with the love of God?

Possessing nothing corruptible on earth, but constantly taking up their cross they followed the Saviour, walking safely by the narrow road, taking absolute care not to fall into ravines in an untrodden desert, waterless and dark, but on the even road of the truth of God's commands, ever full of the light of Christ's orders, journeying in a fair way of life and fervently serving God, willingly afflicted in this vain life.'

'They have gone from here to God, the holy, with them they have their lamps all prepared. Their virtue is not found among us now. Their ascetic practice is not found among us now. Their self-mastery is not found among us now. Their piety is not found among us now. Their meekness is not found among us now. Their non-possessiveness is not found among us now. Their keeping vigil is not found among us now. Nor is love for God found among us now. Christ's compassion is not found among us now. Nor is sympathy for his members found among us. But we are all savage, untamed and quite unable to endure one another. Hour by hour our tongues are fiery darts directed against one another.'

St. Ephrem the Harp of the Holy Spirit