{"id":7553,"date":"2016-11-06T21:01:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gc36.org\/it\/holy-spirit-consolator-optime\/"},"modified":"2016-11-07T13:27:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T11:27:53","slug":"spirito-santo-consolator-optime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gc36.org\/it\/spirito-santo-consolator-optime\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirito santo – Consolator optime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ignatius about spiritual consolation:
\n\u201eBy this kind of consolation I mean that which occurs when some interior motion
\nis caused within the soul through which it comes to be inflamed with love of its
\nCreator and Lord. As a result it can love no created thing on the face of the earth
\nin itself, but only in the Creator of them all.
\nSimilarly, this consolation is experienced when the soul sheds tears which move
\nit to love for its Lord whether they are tears of grief for its own sins, or about the
\nPassion of Christ our Lord, or about other matters directly ordered to his service
\nand praise.
\nFinally, under the word consolation I include every increase in hope, faith, and
\ncharity, and every interior joy which calls and attracts one toward heavenly things
\nand to the salvation of one\u2018s soul, by bringing it tranquility and peace in its Creator
\nand Lord.\u201c
\nSp. Ex. 316<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Best Companion and Friend,
\nteach us to be generous in imitating those who have gone before us
\nso that we strive always for your greater glory.
\nWe pray as always in the name of Jesus, who is Lord forever and ever.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

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