"At the end of a short period I began to feel that the prayer had,
so to speak, passed to my heart. In other words I felt that my heart in
its natural beating began, as it were, to utter the words of the prayer.
For instance, ONE "Lord"; TWO "Jesus"; THREE "Christ," and so forth. No
longer did I say the prayer with my lips, but listened attentively to
the words formed in my heart, remembering what my departed elder told me
about this state of bliss. Then I began to feel a slight pain in my
heart, ..."
The Way of a Pilgrim.
今年の引用集、１月分は終わりましたが、#1, 15, 16がフランス語だったので、英語で読めるものに差し替えます。学生たちの日々の英語学習という目標のために。もっとも、前のものもそのまま残しておきます。
