As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground.
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In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially, actively, and substantially present. Here the soul possesses everything by grace which God possesses by nature.Johannes Tauler
God is infinite and without end, but the soul's desire is an abyss which cannot be filled except by a Good which is infinite and the more ardently the soul longeth after God, the more she wills to long after him for God is a Good without drawback, and a well of living water without bottom, and the soul is made in the image of God, and therefore it is created to know and love God.
Johannes Tauler
Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive at the time, can receive spiritually... even a hundred times a day, in sickness and in health, with immeasurable grace and profit.
Johannes Tauler
Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.
Johannes Tauler
Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.
Johannes Tauler
Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.
Johannes Tauler
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