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I decided after investigating everything carefully from the very first to write an orderly account for you, Theophilus, so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed.

luke 1:3

He should know that whoever undertakes the government of souls must prepare himself to account for them.

st. benedict, holy rule

What we love we shall grow to resemble.

st. bernard of clairvaux

Humanity, take a good look at yourself. To one side you’ve got heaven and earth, and all creation. You’re a world—everything is hidden in you.

st. hildegard of bingen