This quote is from Sr. Mary Madeleine's recent lecture, "St. Catherine on Secularism and the Interior Life." Listen now on the Thomistic Institute podcast! 👉 soundcloud.com/thomisticinsti…
"...sometimes in prayer he steps back. But if we continue to seek Him, He is with us, He has not gone away. He is there, and He is loving us, sustaining us, but He might be purifying us so that we can love Him more than the consolation we get from Him."
"The Father says to St. Catherine: Keep praying; if it feels like I have stepped away, it is because I need to purify you. Because if I give you consolation, and a felt perception of prayer every time you pray, you come to desire your own consolation more than you desire Me." pic.twitter.com/wnMc5TDX05