This is it!
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This is my point exactly, but I have not been able to articulate it. The Holy Father said it well in this morning's allocution concerning St. Symeon the New Theologian:
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In the nine volumes of his works, Symeon “insisted that true knowledge of God comes not from books but from the spiritual life, born of a journey of inner purification that begins with conversion,” the Pope summarized. The New Theologian "calls us all to the spiritual life, the hidden presence of God in us, to the purification of conscience, so the Holy Spirit becomes present in us and guides us." - CNA
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Yes, yes, YES! The 'purification of conscience', which at times can be a great suffering... an arduous 'journey' which only 'begins with conversion'.
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"More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy." —Jeremiah 17:9
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Deep calling unto deep...
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