Every service is a structure of acts and words through which we rceive a sacrament, or repent, or supplicate, or adore. And it enables us to do these things best--if you like, it 'works' best--when, through long familiarity, we don't have to think about it. As long as you notice, and have to count, the steps, you are not yet dancing but only learning to dance. C.s. Lewis
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  2. Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

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  4. The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.

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