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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Compelle Intrare

What it means...

"But who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape? The words compelle intrare, compel them to come in, have been so abused by wicked men that we shudder at them; but, properly understood the plumb the depth of the Divine mercy. The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our Liberation.”

- An extract from C.S. Lewis’s ‘Surprised by Joy’

3 comments:

anne said...

Lewis FTW.

I haven't read Surprised by Joy yet. Yet! Lol.

Happy tea :)

Shyam Kumar said...

awesome blog title...and an even more awesome quote to back it up..been reading your blog for some time now....nice work...keep at it!

Shyam Kumar said...

awesome blog title ..and a splendid quotation to back it..ive been reading your blog for a while now...nice work..keep blogging!!