Reflections: Some Notes on Purity

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Matt.23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.

In thinking about ascesis, contemplation, prayer, it occurs that:

A mendicant who sets out with a full bowl plies his trade in vain.

....similarly,

In order to wash one’s cup—on the outside or the inside—one must first empty it.

…for clearly,

The empty cup has capacity for the reception of grace:

…and finally,

“God alone is worthy of interest, and absolutely nothing else.” ~ Simone Weil

I say that the dots connect.
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