“The Devotio Moderna had overstressed human receptivity and the necessity of practicing virtue in reparation for the coming of the Bridegroom, who alone determines the person to whom he wishes to descend, so that we need not speak about that, since we cannot contribute anything to it. They attached more value to social works in imitation of Christ’s life than to mystical grace, to the exterior side of the spiritual life than to the interior. Thus the spiritual life lost its deepest inspiration and force and was not able to keep a happy balance in the trend towards exteriority.”
Bl. Titus Brandsma
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