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May 11, 2008 |

“The Holy Spirit is in charge of the whole of this transformation. It is the Spirit who acts in us as the principle of our sanctification. He inclines the soul to these supernatural acts, not by passing through the faculties, from outside, but from inside, from his dwelling in the centre, in the substance of the soul. Thus the Spirit moves the faculties, but in his own particular way, enabling them to attain their objects directly with an assurance and strength beyond their normal possibilities. Paradoxically, there is great liberty in this, for the soul is not moved like a lifeless puppet, but as someone who is free. This is a great mystery. The spiritual acts flow freely from a person transformed in his very substance by the Spirit; and these acts express perfectly the most intimate depths of that person, there where he adheres to God so closely that, with God, he is spirit, and source of life (I Corinthians 6:17).”

-from Interior Prayer: Carthusian Novice Conferences, Chapter 26, “Transforming Union,” p. 178.

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