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The Path to an Amazing Life
Intro
| The Purification Stage | The
Illuminative Stage | The Unitive
Stage
 
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"The more one is fully human, the more
one is able to trust, because one understands the
reasons for believing in Another."
—Msgr. Luigi Giussani
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We begin a great attraction by suddenly noticing the beauty
of Someone mysterious in everyday reality. In awe, we want to
get to know this Presence who draws us to ponder the meaning
of life. St. John of the Cross calls this the "purification"
or "purgative" stage, the stage where all other distractions
get winnowed away because you can't stop paying attention to
this mysterious Someone who is beckoning you through everyday
events. Here are the steps through this first stage:
 Wonder
(vs. Indifference)
 Open
(vs. Closed)
 Attention
(vs. Overlook)
 Assent
(vs. Denial)
 Trust
(vs. Suspicion)
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"If you are to gain this, He would have
you keep back nothing; whether it be little or much, He will
have it all for Himself, and according to what you know yourself
to have given, the favors He will grant you will be small
or great."
—St. Teresa of Avila, The
Interior Castle
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