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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 1

Posted on October 1, 2019 by glsociety-admin

TO DON GIOVANNI CALABRIA, who had sent Lewis the Litany of Humility composed by Cardinal Merry del Val: On the danger of being too aware of global worries and of forgetting to help Christ in the people close at hand; … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 16

Posted on September 16, 2019 by glsociety-admin

I admit that some writers have told me for the first time of heavens and hells I never met before; but many, equally great or greater, have told me only of those we all have to bear whether we choose … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 3

Posted on September 3, 2019 by glsociety-admin

On death On the one hand Death is the triumph of Satan, the punishment of the Fall, and the last enemy. Christ shed tears at the grave of Lazarus and sweated blood in Gethsemane: the Life of Lives that was … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 27

Posted on June 27, 2019 by glsociety-admin

Screwtape offers more techniques for confusing the Patient: I have been writing hitherto on the assumption that the people in the next pew afford no rational ground for disappointment. Of course if they do—if the patient knows that the woman … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 22

Posted on June 22, 2019 by glsociety-admin

You may remember I said that the first step towards humility was to realise that one is proud. I want to add now that the next step is to make some serious attempt to practise the Christian virtues. A week … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 17

Posted on March 17, 2019 by glsociety-admin

Screwtape examines the virtue of Humility: Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 16

Posted on March 16, 2019 by glsociety-admin

On humility And that is enough to raise our thoughts to what may happen when the redeemed soul, beyond all hope and nearly beyond belief, learns at last that she has pleased Him whom she was created to please. There … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 11

Posted on March 11, 2019 by glsociety-admin

There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which every one in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever imagine that they are … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 28

Posted on February 28, 2019 by glsociety-admin

On depression My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not either arising from the repentance of a concrete sin and hastening towards concrete amendment or restitution, or else arising from pity and hastening … Continue reading →

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DAILY HOPE: DECEMBER 4

Posted on December 4, 2018 by glsociety-admin

Walk Securely in Wisdom “Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom” (James 3:13 NIV). Have you noticed how common sense isn’t so … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 1

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 16

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 3

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 27

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 22

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 17

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 28

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