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Blessed are the good plain ears

Thomas a Kempis
September 2019 (Vol. XXXII, No. 8)

Blessed are those ears
Which hear the secret
Whisperings of Jesus,
And give no heed to the
Deceitful whisperings of this world,
And
Blessed are the good
Plain ears which heed
Not outward speech but
What God speaks and
Teaches inwardly in the soul.

~ Thomas a Kempis, THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
The Imitation Of Christ
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