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To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on god and on one's neighbour in relation to god.
-C. S. Lewis
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C. S. Lewis
To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on god and on one's neighbour in relation to god.
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For us christians, love of neighbour springs from love of god; and it is its most limpid expression. here one tries to love one's neighbour, but also to allow oneself to be loved by one's neighbour. these two attitudes go together, one cannot be exercised without the other. printed on the letterhead of the missionaries of charity are these words of jesus: "as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me". loving god in our brethren and loving our brethren in god.
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