C. Saints & Blessed Quotes Flashcards

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ST FAUSTINA KOWALSKA

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Let our judgment of souls cease, for God's mercy upon them is extraordinary. (1684)

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Let souls who are striving for perfection particularly adore My mercy

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Rejoice because you are blessed with God's grace upon you.

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Rejoice because you have reached the quiet and safe anchorage of a secret harbor.

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By your work you show what you love and what you know

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Be ready to experience sweetness and consolation or to suffer

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One must never confuse error and the person who errs

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Perfume all your actions with the life-giving breath of prayer

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Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage

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In regards to death - my bags are packed and I am ready to go

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See everything, overlook a great deal, correct little

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A peaceful man does more good than a learned one

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Keep your ground in drynesses of spirit and devotion for as long as God pleases

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"My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs"

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Our single endeavor should be to...be faithful to him, and not to spoil his work by our shortcomings

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In times of aridity arouse your spirit gently, by acts of love; then rest in the will of God

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On awaking, keep your heart under control, by the remembrance of God, your Love, your only Good

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Nothing in this world pleases me; I no longer care for anything but my God

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“Humility, obedience, meekness, and love are the virtues that shine through the Cross"

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The man who burns with the fire of divine love is a son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

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Work with all your strength to inflame all men with the fire of God’s love

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Rejoice in poverty; labor strenuously; welcome hardships; laugh off false accusations and rejoice in anguish

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Follow Jesus Christ and imitate him by your prayers, your labors, your sufferings

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Care only for the glory of God and the salvation of souls

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Build yourselves up in your most holy faith

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Keep yourselves in God's love

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Be merciful to those who doubt

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Pray in the Holy Spirit.

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The Holy Souls in Purgatory are my good friends

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The Holy Souls in Purgatory have such power with God

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Remember the Holy Souls in Purgatory often in your sacrifices and in your prayers

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Compassion is preferable to cleanliness

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Be disposed to believe that if the hierarchy of the Church decides, what appears to be white, is in fact black

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The only way to reach sanctity, is to conceive a horror for all that the world loves and values

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The effect of our sharing in the body and blood of Christ is to change us into what we receive

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The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth

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Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done.

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Lord, grant me the grace to shed my blood for the unity of the church

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Live in obedience to the Holy See

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Be conspicuous in your devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary

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With childlike confidence trust in the Blessed Virgin's favor in your work for unity.

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I find heaven in the midst of saucepans & brooms

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Non sono nato io per le cose Della terra

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Sono NATO io per le cose del cielo

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I must live for eternal things

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I am certain that nothing can happen to me today that you have not foreseen, decreed, and ordained from all eternity

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It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God

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"The supreme perfection of man in this life is to be so united to God that all his soul...becomes one spirit with him

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Consume my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is inflamed.

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Let my heart be united with Yours.

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Let my will be conformed to Yours in all things

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Everything I own really belongs to the poor

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May Your Will be the rule of all my desires and actions

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Proclaim the Lord Christ holy in your hearts

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Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you

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You are the Christ, the Son of the living God

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If God is for us, who can be against us?

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I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

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The Lord is faithful and will guard you from the evil one

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I have become all things to all men

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One must pass through solitude and dwell in it to receive God’s grace

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Permit me, Divine Jesus, to come closer to Thee, that my whole soul may do homage to the greatness of Thy majesty; that my heart, with its tenderest affections, may acknowledge Thine infinite love; that my memory may dwell on the admirable mysteries here renewed every day, and that the sacrifice of my whole being may accompany Thine

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Love is the beauty of the soul

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Men might call me 'Michael', but my most beautiful name is that of a Christian

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Long live Christ the King

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Carry on like slaves

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It isn’t worth worrying since the Procurator of Heaven is generous

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See God's hand in everything

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Sigh to go to heaven

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'Lord, here I am. Tell me what You would have me do.'

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Tell God everything that is in your heart.

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Tell Him about your pains and your joys.

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Listen, and God will also speak to you

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Approach Him plainly and simply

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"If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze!"

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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all

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Love God, serve God; everything is in that

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Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven

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If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark

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We have found the Messiah

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In the Catholic faith have I lived and in that faith do I intend to die

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Not where I breath, but where I love - I live!

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Not where I love, but where I am - I die!

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In some cases, silence is dangerous

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What is good is divine

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Your soul must hold fast to him

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Follow The Lord in your thoughts

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Tread the Lord's ways by faith, and not in outward show

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I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf

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Let not your heart be disturbed… Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection?

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Am I not your health?

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Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish?

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Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything

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I am only an insignificant man

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You are my ambassador! Very worthy of trust

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I want very much to have a little chapel built here for me, in which I will show Him, I will exalt Him and make Him manifest

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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world so that your heart may not be detained by anything human

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Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it

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Where there is no love, put love -- and you will find love

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Words are like the sun - they can do for the heart what light can for a field

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If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark

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All devotions are good but there is no better one than such prayer for sinners

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If you have too much to do, with God's help you will find time to do it all

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Better that there be only a few Catholics, staunch and sincere in their religion

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May we be sober, simple, prudent, peaceable, and studious of solid virtue

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The victory bell will be heard when the faithful recognise the sanctity of St. Joseph

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All Saints give testimony to the truth, that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown

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Remember how our fathers worked out their salvation

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Remember the sufferings through which the Church has grown

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Remember how the crown was attained by those whose sufferings gave new radiance to their faith.

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If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire

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The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it

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The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly, to do it because it is his will

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We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives

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I do not cure - St Joseph cures

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It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures

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Receive the Holy Communion often. Our Lord cannot refuse you anything when He is there in your heart. You will find strength and solace in this act

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O Holy angels, make me see God on the altar as you see Him in heaven

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My only ambition is to serve God in the most humble tasks

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The devil is afraid of us when we pray and make sacrifices

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The devil is afraid when we are humble and good

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The Devil is especially afraid when we love Jesus very much

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The Devil runs away when we make the Sign of the Cross

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Wake up each day with the same zeal as the first

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Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things

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Go to St. Joseph, for he has great power with God

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In Heaven St Joseph is most intimate with the Lord

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In all trials seek the intercession of St Joseph because the Heavenly Father will grant whatever my spouse asks

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Go to Joseph, and obey him as Jesus and Mary obeyed him

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St. Joseph has the power to assist us in every necessity, in every undertaking

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Do everything with prudence and good advice

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Do now- Do Now- what you’ll wish you had done when your moment comes to die

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The things that we love tell us what we are

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Love takes up where knowledge leaves off

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I would like an abundance of peace

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I would like full vessels of charity

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I would like rich treasures of mercy

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I would like cheerfulness to preside over all

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I would like the angels of Heaven to be among us

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Every Christian must be a living book through whom one can read the teachings of the Gospel

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Ask Christ to help you become happy

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I obey Christ

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After Christ's example, I forgive my persecutors

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I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as fruitful rain

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There is no way to be saved except the Christian way

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Conform yourself as closely as possible to His humility and gentleness

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I feel a great desire to see him, to know him and to pay him homage

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The Lord has loved me so much

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We must love everyone...we must be compassionate

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It is so good, so sweet and above all, so beneficial to suffer

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O Jesus, I would rather die a thousand deaths than be unfaithful to you

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I must die to myself continually and accept trials without complaining

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I work, I suffer and I love with no other witness than his heart

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Love without suffering does not exist

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Nothing happens to us in life unless God wills it so

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Love and do what you will.

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You must fight against the first movements of passion

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The only effective action that we are capable of is prayer

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Old age should be treated as a vocation to greater love of God and neighbor

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Stand fast, therefore, in this conduct and follow the example of The Lord

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Be firm and unchangeable in faith

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Help each other with the mildness of The Lord

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The life of the body is the soul; the life of the soul is God

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Daily, daily sing to Mary. Sing my soul her praises due

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There is no exercise more profitable and useful to the soul than to suffer

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Sufferings, adversities, humiliations, failures and suspicions are splinters that keep alive the fire of my love for Jesus

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Souls are not redeemed without the cross

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I desire nothing other than to love and to suffer.

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To become a saint one has to suffer much and forget self

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Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me

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Christ within me, Christ below me, Christ above me

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Christ at my right, Christ at my left, Christ in lying down, Christ in sitting, Christ in rising up

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Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks to me

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Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me

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Let us not then be ashamed to confess the Crucified

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When you see the Cross be reminded of the Crucified

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Keep careful watch, to ensure that the enemy does not make off with any who are off guard

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Accepting the faith is like putting into the bank the money you have been given

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Your accumulated offenses surpass not the multitude of God’s mercies: your wounds surpass not the great Physician’s skill

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Go, then to Joseph, and do all that he shall say to you;Go to Joseph, and obey him as Jesus and Mary obeyed himGo to Joseph, and speak to him as they spoke to him;Go to Joseph, and consult him as they consulted him;Go to Joseph, and honour him as they honoured him;Go to Joseph, and be grateful to him as they were grateful to him;Go to Joseph, and love him, as they love him still.

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Though thou hast recourse to many saints as thine intercessors, go specially to St. Joseph, for he has great power with God

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The cause of a persons poverty, is not yours to question - the fact a person is poor is the reason to help

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It is so good, so sweet and above all, so beneficial to suffer

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Be happy to work where God lived - amongst the poor

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I want to stay poor

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Young people need good teachers like visible angels

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I'm happier with my crucifix on my bed of pain than a queen on her throne

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I must die to myself continually and accept trials without complaining. I work, I suffer and I love with no other witness than his heart. Anyone who is not prepared to suffer all for the Beloved and to do his will in all things is not worthy of the sweet name of Friend, for here below, Love without suffering does not exist

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From this moment on, anything concerning me is no longer of any interest to me. I must belong entirely to God and God alone. Never to myself

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The fact a person is poor is the reason to help

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I must die to myself continually and accept trials without complaining. I work, I suffer and I love with no other witness than his heart.

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Anyone who is not prepared to suffer all for the Beloved and to do his will in all things is not worthy of the sweet name of Friend, for here below, Love without suffering does not exist.

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I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them.

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O my Mother, to you I sacrifice all other attachments so that my heart may belong entirely to you and to my Jesus.

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Let only God and the Angels know of the wonders and power of your love, in doing big things for others

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Please let me suffer like you, Divine Saviour,

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O holy protectress of those who are in utmost need,shining as a star of hope in the midst of darkness

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scourge of devils, health of the sick,deliverer of those in extreme need,

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I implore thee with my whole heart and soul

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I found that St Joseph my father and lord delivered me from this trouble

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I do not remember even now that I have ever asked anything of him which he has failed to grant

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God has bestowed on me great favours through St Joseph

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If anyone cannot find a master to teach him how to pray, let him take this glorious saint as his master and he will not go astray

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"There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot solve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary."

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In the Rosary we find all the riches of God’s truths, or rather, the revelation of God to men

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“When lovers are together, they spend hours and hours repeating the same thing: I love you! What is missing in the people who think the Rosary monotonous, is Love.”

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Rosary is the prayer which sustains and increases our faith

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We must not let ourselves be deceived by false doctrines that diminish the elevation of our soul to God by means of prayer

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Jesus, Name full of glory, grace, love and strength! You are the refuge of those who repent,

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You are our banner of warfare in this life, the medicine of souls, the comfort of those who morn, the delight of those who believe, the light of those who preach the true faith, the wages of those who toil, the healing of the sick.

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To You our devotion aspires; by You our prayers are received;

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we delight in contemplating You. O Name of Jesus,

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You are the glory of all the saints for eternity

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Be more docile to the internal voice of God

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Be someone who acts promptly and willingly

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Let us not limit our zeal

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Let us detach ourselves completely from the earth

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Strive towards a greater perfection

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The last degree of love is when Jesus gave himself to us to be our food

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Always have some little prayers ready and dart them up to heaven frequently during the day

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Watch me, O Lord, this day; for, abandoned to myself, I shall surely betray thee

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If you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady

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In the war of the senses, cowards conquer: that is to say, those who fly from dangerous occasions

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Let me get through today, and I shall not fear tomorrow

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PREFERISCO PARADISO

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If you want to teach young people, first you must love them, love them all equally

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This is all God's work…this is all Mary's work

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I cannot see a child without wanting to let him know how much Jesus Christ has loved him and how much he should, in return, love the divine Savior

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We aim at something better: we want to educate them, to instruct them in their duty, to teach them to practice it, to give them a Christian spirit and attitudes and to form them to religious habits and the virtues possessed by a good Christian and a good citizen

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Take from me the spirit of sloth, faintheartedness, lust of power, and idle talk

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Grant me to see my own sin and not to judge my brother

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Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise

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Grant us that love which can never die

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Enkindle our lamps so that they may shine in us and bring light to others

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Anyone, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its very scent

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Solicitude for material things distracts the soul and divides it. The devil seizes the divided soul and drags it to hell

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Attribute to God every good that you have received. If you take credit for something that does not belong to you, you will be guilty of theft

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We are born to love, we live to love, and we will die to love still more

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What a beautiful death - to die for the love of Mary

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Do not mourn as dead one living face to face with God

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My prayers can bring you in your troubles powerful aid

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In heaven we shall praise him with heart and soul, sing of his mercies for ever, and enjoy eternal happiness

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Heaven is the shore to which all hopes belong

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As her son, I owe my mother love and respect

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He that comes after me existed before me

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Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near

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Prepare the way for the Lord

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After me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry

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He must increase and I must decrease

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Nothing happens to us in life unless God wills it so

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If we fall ill, God is the cause of our illness; if we get well, our recovery is due to God

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We owe our lives entirely to Him, and when death comes to put an end to life, His will be the hand that deals the blow

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Do not be afraid to abandon yourself unreservedly to His loving Providence, for a child cannot perish in the arms of a Father Who is omnipotent

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'It is a great glory for Him to have a creature so attached to His Providence, so dependent on Him, full of such firm hope and peace of mind in the expectation of what He will send. His concern for such a one is redoubled, He watches over the slightest things that are of interest to him and inspires those who are over him to act prudently; and if for any reason they try to act in a manner harmful to him, He prevents them in the hidden ways of His Providence from carrying out their designs and compels them to do only what is to his advantage

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My Lord and my God

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Let us also go so that we may die with him

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Lord, we don't know where you are going so how can we know the way

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Unless I put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe

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Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe

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When we pray, the voice of the heart must be heard more than that proceeding from the mouth

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To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?

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If you learn everything except Christ, you learn nothing. If you learn nothing except Christ, you learn everything

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Happiness is nothing else than the enjoyment of the Supreme Good

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Prayer...is the mother and origin of every upward striving of the soul

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Idleness is the enemy of the soul

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Listen with the ear of your heart

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Let peace be your quest and aim

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No one is to pursue what is judged best for oneself, but instead, what is better for someone else

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Prefer nothing whatever to Christ

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How happy I am to see myself imperfect and be in need of God's mercy

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We can never have too much confidence in the good God who is so powerful and so merciful. We obtain from him as much as we hope for

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Prayer is a cry of gratitude and love, in the midst of trial as well as in joy

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Look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for all

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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform

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Therefore, do not doubt that the good spirit of God is with you when you desire nothing but God and are completely inflamed by him

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Faith without works is dead

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Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds

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Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything

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Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial

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Oh, myGod! Oh! if men but knew Thee, they would never offend Thee

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Oh, myGod! Oh! if men but knew Thee, they would never offend Thee

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It is not enough to love our own souls, we must have love for all man kind

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It is not enough to love our own souls, we must have love for all man kind

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If our natural feelings, being hurt, cause us to utter some words, orto act in opposition with the principles we profess, we must chastise them severely until they have obeyed us

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If our natural feelings, being hurt, cause us to utter some words, orto act in opposition with the principles we profess, we must chastise them severely until they have obeyed us

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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smilesupon you

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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smilesupon you

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To serve the servants of my Lord is my honor and my glory

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To serve the servants of my Lord is my honor and my glory

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Realize that you may gain more in a quarter of an hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament than in all other practices of the day

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Mary's powerful name gives the particular strength necessary to overcome temptations against purity

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He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts God can do all things

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Let us strive in all things to conform ourselves to His divine will

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Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him

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Go forth and set the world on fire

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Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.

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God freely created us so that we might know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy with him forever.

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If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a saint.

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Teach me to give and not to count the cost

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Remember we are but travellers here

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We must teach more by example than by word

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Do all you can with the means at your disposal and calmly leave the rest to God

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Courage, courage, trust in God who helps you in all things

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We feel our crosses hard at times, but our courage should rise with them

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Never see a need without doing something about it

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God gives me strength for what is necessary

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Let God’s Spirit guide you in your choice

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Remember too your Heavenly Mother

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When I could not see my way God kept my heart full of trust

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No one in the world can change Truth

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What we can do and and should do is to seek truth and to serve it when we have found it

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The real conflict is the inner conflict

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Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next

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Be truly moderate and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately

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Be gentle so that you may never oppose justice

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Be chaste so that you may avoid all the foulness of lust like the pangs of death

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Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves

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Our preoccupation must be to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desires and his disposition live and reign in us

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All our religious exercises should be directed to this end - to become more like Jesus Christ - It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly

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The road to hell is paved with good intentions

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There is no greater misery than false joys

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If you concentrate hard on the state you are in, it would be surprising if you have time for anything else

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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters

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The man who is wise, therefore, will see his life as more like a reservoir than a canal. The canal simultaneously pours out what it receives; the reservoir retains the water till it is filled, then discharges the overflow without loss to itself ... Today there are many in the Church who act like canals, the reservoirs are far too rare ... You too must learn to await this fullness before pouring out your gifts, do not try to be more generous than God

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The devotion to the Eucharist is the most noble, because it has God as its object

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I was born poor; I lived poor; I wish to die poor

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Absolute truth must be unchangeable!

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There is no other way for us to receive Christ except from Mary's hands.

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It is certain that you cannot find Jesus except with Mary and through Mary

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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials

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The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue

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What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things?

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To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done

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The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love

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Don't be anxious about what you have, but about what you are

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Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self

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If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve

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Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more

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I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others

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Many cry to God, but not with the voice of the soul, but with the voice of the body; only the cry of the heart, of the soul, reaches God

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Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven

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In order to succeed in prayer, it should be done when we first awaken, when our whole being is calm and recollected. We need to make our meditation before anything else

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During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us, and then strive to train our heart to bear and forgive these things patiently, in imitation of our savior. This is the way to acquire a strong spirit

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Prayer is nothing else than union with God. When the heart is pure and united with God it is consoled and filled with sweetness; it is dazzled by a marvelous light

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We have come into the world by God's grace

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Be a Christian not in name alone but in fact

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It would be better never to have been born than to receive the grace of God and then to sin against him

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The Lord is like a farmer and we are the field of rice

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The Lord Jesus gives the Church increase through the sufferings of his faithful

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Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter

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Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart

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The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort

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Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless

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Peace means order, harmony in our whole being. In peace is perfection to be found

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"I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus."

Answer 358

"All for the Eucharist; nothing for me."

Answer 359

One cannot love without suffering...so let us model our lives on His

Answer 360

The Divine Heart is an ocean full of all good things, wherein poor souls can cast all their needs; it is an ocean full of joy to drown all our sadness, an ocean of humility to drown our folly, an ocean of mercy to those in distress, an ocean of love in which to submerge our poverty."

Answer 361

Love solitude and try to converse with Jesus as much as possible. Grant that my mind may not seek to know anything but You, that my heart may have no longings or desires but to love You

Answer 362

In times of aridity arouse your spirit gently, by acts of love

Answer 363

When you are alone in your room, take your crucifix, kiss its five wounds reverently, tell it topreach to you a little sermon, and then listen to the words of eternal life that it speaks to your heart

Answer 364

On awaking, keep your heart under control, by the remembrance of God,

Answer 365

The Mass is the most favorable occasion to speak with the eternal Father, because then weoffer Him His only Son as a victim for our salvation.

Answer 366

How wonderful are the treasures which are enclosed in the divine Eucharist

Answer 367

Please God I will give my life for the supremacy of Peter and of the Holy Father

Answer 368

Lord, grant me the grace to shed my blood for the unity of the church

Answer 369

Lord, grant me the grace to shed my blood for obedience to the Holy See.

Answer 370

If you have something against me, see, here I am

Answer 371

It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards one’s progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken

Answer 372

It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards one’s progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken

Answer 373

If we truly love God then we should love what God loves— the salvation of immortal souls

Answer 374

Settle your account with God for your learning and the talents entrusted to you

Answer 375

Where there is no love, put love

Answer 376

Happiness is not a destination, it's a method of travel

Answer 377

Another weapon the devil employs is impurity

Answer 378

The devil will tempt you with bad books, bad thoughts, or the foul conversation of a companion

Answer 379

The usual snare with which the devil catches the young is to fill them with shame when they are about to confess their sins. When he pushes them to commit sins, he removes all shame, as if there were nothing wrong with it, but when they are going to confession, he returns that shame magnified and tries to convince them that the priest will be shocked by their sins and will no longer think well of them. Thus the devil tries to drive souls to the brink of eternal damnation.

Answer 380

Do your utmost to banish darkness from your mind and come to understand what true, selfless piety is

Answer 381

Through confession, endeavor to purify your heart of anything which may still taint it

Answer 382

The more we are afflicted in this world, the greater is our assurance in the next

Answer 383

The more sorrow in the present, the greater will be our joy in the future

Answer 384

Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us

Answer 385

Listen and attend with the ear of your heart

Answer 386

The sleepy like to make excuses

Answer 387

When you love you can also do something foolish

Answer 388

The most beautiful and significant follies are done for love

Answer 389

We give our life, we waste it for Jesus

Answer 390

It's a calling of love and we reply with love

Answer 391

The perfume of our life spreads in all the Church, in all the world

Answer 392

Lift up your mind to God out of the filth of this world. He who adopts this plan will get great fruit with little pains.

Answer 393

He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes

Answer 394

He who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking

Answer 395

He who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing.

Answer 396

God has no need of men

Answer 397

Ignore the devil and do not be afraid of him

Answer 398

Turn to your guardian angel with strong trust and he will help you

Answer 399

Do not lose your inner peace for anything

Answer 400

Remember nothing except God...be aware of and recognize nothing but God

Answer 401

Rest contentedly in the enjoyment of your Maker alone

Answer 402

Empty yourself...and drive before yourself all that is not God, and...empty this little house of your soul to leave room for God alone

Answer 403

Do not fear being unfaithful toward creatures. On the contrary, that is the only way for you to serve them effectively

Answer 404

The devil generally makes use of the weaker sex when he wishes to cause us to fall.

Answer 405

It is very necessary to be cheerful, but we must not on that account give in to a buffooning spirit.

Answer 406

He who wishes to attain to perfection must have no attachment to anything.

Answer 407

Perfection consists in leading captive our own will, and in playing the king over it.

Answer 408

The true servants of God endure life and desire death.

Answer 409

Nothing more glorious can happen to a Christian, than to suffer for Christ.

Answer 410

The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.

Answer 411

Nothing helps a man more than prayer.

Answer 412

Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff

Answer 413

Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak

Answer 414

May we bring the day of Pentecost to fulfillment

Answer 415

Earthly riches are like a reed..If a man leans on them it will snap off and pierce his soul

Answer 416

Saints are always ready to exchange the quiet of contemplation for the works of mercy

Answer 417

He loves, He hopes, He waits

Answer 418

Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant.

Answer 419

No, God does not wish it...It is a sin. You would go to hell for it

Answer 420

Even if she had not been a martyr, she would still have been a saint, so holy was her everyday life" (Cardinal Salotti).

Answer 421

Conduct yourself in this world as if you are here to stay forever, and yet prepare for eternity as if you are to die tomorrow

Answer 422

You are one with Jesus as the body is one with the head

Answer 423

You must have one breath with him, one soul, one life, one will, one mind, one heart.

Answer 424

He must be your breath, heart, love, life, your all.

Answer 425

Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves

Answer 426

All our religious exercises should be directed to making his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desires and his disposition live and reign in us

Answer 427

Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.

Answer 428

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

Answer 429

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Answer 430

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Answer 431

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

Answer 432

Often remind yourself that God is with you

Answer 433

Wherever I go I will find you, my God

Answer 434

Learn from Jesus by often being in his company

Answer 435

God has given you so many graces

Answer 436

May God continue what he has begun in you

Answer 437

This work of teaching is one of the most important in the Church

Answer 438

Do your part to help build up the kingdom of God in the hearts of your students

Answer 439

“Young people need the light of watchful guides to lead them on the path of salvation.”

Answer 440

Young people need good teachers, like visible angels

Answer 441

To be entrusted with the teaching of the young is a great gift and grace of God

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