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Thought for the Day 31 May 2009

Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Sunday, May 31st, 2009
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The heart of every Christian ought to represent in miniature the Catholic Church, since one Spirit makes both the whole Church and every member of it to be His Temple. As He makes the Church one, which, left to itself, would separate into many parts; so He makes the soul one, in spite of its various affections and faculties, and its contradictory aims.

From the sermon ‘Connexion between Personal and Public Improvement’ (1843) Click here for the full text (leaves site)