Spiritual Reading Quotes

• The harm that comes to souls from the lack of reading holy books makes me shudder... What power spiritual reading has to lead to a change of course, and to make even worldly people enter into the way of perfection.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Spiritual, Book, Reading

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• Don't consider me too demanding if I ask you once again to set great store by holy books and read them as much as you can. This spiritual reading is as necessary to you as the air you
  breathe.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Spiritual, Book, Reading

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• You will not see anyone who is truly striving after his spiritual advancement who is not given to spiritual reading.

  Athanasius of Alexandria

  Spiritual, Reading, Advancement

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• Don't neglect your spiritual reading. - Reading has made many saints.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Spiritual, Reading, Saint

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• Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.

  John Bosco

  Book, Reading, Catholic

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• Spiritual reading is a regular, essential part of the life of prayer, and particularly is it the support of adoring prayer.

  Evelyn Underhill

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Prayer

  Evelyn Underhill, Grace Aldophsen Brame (1993). “The Ways of the Spirit”, Crossroad Publishing Company

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• The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.

  Patanjali

  Spiritual, Yoga, Reading

  Alice Bailey, Patanjali (2012). “The Light of the Soul: Paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali”, p.112, Lucis Publishing Companies

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• When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.

  Dorothy Day

  Spiritual, Reading, Night

  Dorothy Day, David Scott, Benedict J. Groeschel (2002). “Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Dorothy Day”, p.38, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

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