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A devout soul, once beholding a fair brook wherein the heavens with their stars were pictured as in a mirror, said: My God! these same stars shall one day be beneath my feet, when Thou shalt have received me into Thy holy tabernacles; and as the stars of heaven are represented upon the earth, so are the men of earth represented in heaven, in the fair and clear fountain of divine charity.
Source Introduction to the Devout Life, Chapter xiii (37), §6 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Saint Francis de Sales, a soul contemplating the sky reflected in a brook understands that, in the same way, every person on earth is reflected in God’s love, as in a clear fountain. Today, in front of a reflection (a window, a puddle, a mirror), remember that every person you meet is present in this way in God’s heart, and look at them with that respect.
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