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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.

St. Jerome

A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Man Religious Scripture
We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Believe Difficult Easy God Love Seek
For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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Lose Man Money Oneself Rich
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Heaven Peace Soul Yourself
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Friendship Thinking True
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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Appearance Body Fashion Purity Reveal Talk
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Hate Myself Thankful World Worth
Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Call Earth Heaven Learning
The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Deep Ourselves Scars Teaching
If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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Deep Mistake Origin Water
It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Ignorance Worst Yourself
Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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Knowledge Live Love Meditation Scripture Yourself
No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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Creation Force God Heart Human Love Mindset
Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Heaven Learning Seek Truth
They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Attitude Character God Religious Sin World

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