« Whoever
perseveres without defiance in the cell and lets himself be taught by it tends
to make his entire existence a single and continual prayer. But he may not enter
into this rest without going through the test of a difficult battle. It is the
austerities to which he applies himself as someone close to the Cross, or the
visits of God, coming to test him like gold in the fire. Thus purified by
patience, fed and strengthened by studied meditation of Scripture, introduced by
the grace of the Holy Spirit in the recesses of his heart, he will thus be able
to, not only serve God, but adhere to him. » Carthusian Statutes
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