Gleanings in Church History, Chiefly in Spain And France
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Pouvillon's Mystere^ Bernadette de Lourdes. On the other hand, true mysticism may be often found among the rude and illiterate, who can hardly express their ideas in speech, still less in writing. '* Can you 138 GLEANINGS IN CHURCH HISTORY tell me what particular thing led to your conver- sion ?" asked a clergyman of a humble member of his congregation. ''Why, sir, it was hearing Mr.
read one morning in church, * As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand. ' " " Those are striking words ;... but I do not see how they led to your conversion. " " Don't you see, sir } ' before whom I stand, ' — I felt myself standing before God!' ^ This unlettered man was a far truer mystic than many who have tried to write themselves as such.
The greatest mystics have often been the greatest men in practical life : St. Augustine, St. Bernard, St. Frangois de Sales, St. Teresa, were all great in practical life. Even one of those to whom the De Imitatione Christi has been attributed, Gerson, Chancellor of the Sorbonne, lived a life of extreme practical activity.
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Pouvillon's Mystere^ Bernadette de Lourdes. On the other hand, true mysticism may be often found among the rude and illiterate, who can hardly express their ideas in speech, still less in writing. '* Can you 138 GLEANINGS IN CHURCH HISTORY tell me what particular thing led to your conver- sion ?" asked a clergyman of a humble member of his congregation. ''Why, sir, it was hearing Mr.
read one morning in church, * As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand. ' " " Those are striking words ;... but I do not see how they led to your conversion. " " Don't you see, sir } ' before whom I stand, ' — I felt myself standing before God!' ^ This unlettered man was a far truer mystic than many who have tried to write themselves as such.
The greatest mystics have often been the greatest men in practical life : St. Augustine, St. Bernard, St. Frangois de Sales, St. Teresa, were all great in practical life. Even one of those to whom the De Imitatione Christi has been attributed, Gerson, Chancellor of the Sorbonne, lived a life of extreme practical activity.
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