have so wounded our Holy Guest that He is, if I may so speak, in grieved retirement. He has not left us; He never leaves; He abides forever; but He cannot be at home in a heart where so much is tolerated that is disgusting and a grief to Him. If any resent the term “disgusting,” and shrink from applying so strong a word to any habits or ways tolerated by them, let me remind you that to God pride is of all things most vile. By this sin Lucifer was transformed into Diabolus. And this is a sin most
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