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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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Awe Everything Mystery Reference Sense Transcendence
It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Called Creation Day Eternal Mystery Result Shared Time
Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Deception Mundas People Vanity Vault World
Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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Care Concern Essence Existence Human Justice Perplexity Solved Transcend
Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
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Clear Common Loyal Man Presence Ultimate
There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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Absurdm Incessant Against Glorification Universal Vulgar Wage
Every little deed counts.
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Count Deed Everything Little Responsibility Saving Success
The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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Arrogance Betray Cowardice Follow Intelligence Rejection Worship
Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Filling Grandeur Heart Patience Pregnant Try Wish World
To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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Dream Envision God Holy League Pray Vision
To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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Challenge Completely Easy Enjoy Enjoyment Integrity Life Retain Spiritual
For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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Affecting Deriving Exploiting Living World
Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Deed Divine Extol Pagan Prophets Sacred Thing
Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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Care Faith Inner Open Solicitude Wonder
Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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Acceptance Appreciate Appreciation High Seem Value

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