"It is not easy to revive a soldering fire. When man has strayed from the current of reality he can do nothing about it at any rate on his own. At best he can revive his memory, give the assent of his will and pray for the fire from heaven that prepares, transforms and rekindles.
"The Holy Ghost is God's passion for himself. Man must make contact with this passion, must play his part in completing the circuit. Then true love will reign again in the world and man will be capable of living to the full. The indwelling presence of God must take possession of our senses, draw us out of ourselves, in order that we may be capable of genuine assent and contact. God must ratify himself in us and through us; then we shall live as we should. Then the holy fire will again become the heart of the earth and remain so." (pp. 172-173)- Fr. Alfred Delp SJ, “The Prison Meditations of Father Alfred Delp”, 1963 Herder and Herder New York
See also: The Prison Meditations of Father Delp
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