Your meditations may be as profound, as exalted, as devout as you like; you may practise every pious exercise you can manage, but all this is as nothing in comparison with the Blessed Sacrament. What we do may be godly, but this sacrament is God Himself!
Johannes Tauler Quotes
If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.
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| Birth: | 1300 |
| Death: | 1361 |
| Nationality: | German |
| Profession: | Preacher, Theologian |
About
Johannes Tauler was born in Strasbourg. He was a German mystic, a Catholic preacher and a theologian. He was known as one of the most important Rhineland Mystics. He was educated at the Dominican convent at Strasbourg and the studium generale at Cologne, he later became a lector at Strassburg. During a period of exile, he preached and lectured in Basel, Switzerland. He wrote several books include: The Following of Christ, Meditations on the life and passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, The Inner Way, and Spiritual Conferences.
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