{"id":1264,"date":"2020-11-30T22:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T02:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2020-11-30T22:05:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T02:05:08","slug":"joy-is-the-echo-of-gods-life-within-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/joy-is-the-echo-of-gods-life-within-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy is the echo of God&#8217;s life within us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/joy-is-the-echo-of-gods-life-within-us\/attachment\/cm2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CM2.jpg?fit=356%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"356,376\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the Net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1606768392&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CM2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CM2.jpg?fit=356%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CM2.jpg?resize=426%2C450\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1265\" width=\"426\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CM2.jpg?w=356&amp;ssl=1 356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CM2.jpg?resize=284%2C300&amp;ssl=1 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christ, Light of the Soul <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> by Blessed Columba Marmiam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>on Prayer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not merely as creatures, that we speak to God, but as Children with our Heavenly Father; coming before Him to adore and praise Him, to tell Him of our love, to learn to know His will and to attain from Him the necessary help to accomplish His will\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayer only really begins at the moment when the will, set on fire with love, enters supernaturally into contact with Divine Good, yielding itself lovingly to God in order to please Him and fulfill His precepts and desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese remain, faith, hope and love <br>\nand the greatest of these is love.\u201d 1 Cor. 13:13 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faith gives place to the vision of God,  <br> Hope vanishes in the possession of God,<br> Love remains and unites us to God\u2026<br> Grace here below, glory above!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christ, Light of the Soul by Blessed Columba Marmiam on Prayer It is not merely as creatures, that we speak to God, but as Children with our Heavenly Father; coming before Him to adore and praise Him, to tell Him of our love, to learn to know His will and to attain from Him the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints-and-blesseds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-ko","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9268,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/ash-wednesday-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":1264,"position":0},"title":"Ash Wednesday","author":"monks4christ","date":"February 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Prayer the highest good The highest good is prayer and conversation with God, because it means that we are in God\u2019s company and in union with him. 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