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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Tauler: receiving the Creator

Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
Meditation:
[John the Baptizer:] “He must become greater; I must become less.”
—John 3:30 (NIV)

Quotation:
Verily, if thou desirest to have the Creator of all creatures, thou must renounce all creatures; for it cannot be otherwise, but only insomuch as thy soul is emptied and bared; the less of the creature, the more of God: this is but a [fair] bargain.
... Johannes Tauler (ca. 1300-1361), The Inner Way, Sermon II (see the book)
See also John 3:30; Isa. 9:7; 53:2-3; Luke 14:26; John 12:25; Acts 13:36-37; 1 Cor. 3:5; 2 Cor. 12:9; Phil. 2:5-7; Col. 1:18; Heb. 3:2-6

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, help me to discard love for the things of this world.
 
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