“But if Elias is the great type of contemplation, set deep in the heart of the ancient law, he is also a great ascetic. And in this characteristic we find a second foundation of his life of prayer, which is his love of solitude, to which he always returns and to which he is sent by God. But before endowing him so abundantly God required great renunciations. ‘The great hermit,’ says St. Jerome, ‘the lover of solitude, is led into the wilderness by the spirit of God.’ There he understands the words of the Psalmist, Sedebit solitarius et tacebit et levabit se super se. ‘The desolate sets himself down there and holds his peace and lifts himself above himself.'”
Bl. Titus Brandsma
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