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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.

Teresa of Avila

Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Favor Forever Greatness Ourselves Remember Suffering Thinking
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Crystal God Grace Life Man Rise River State Tree Water
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Company God Goodness Greatness People Place
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Moments Oneself
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Important Love Yourself
May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Empty Hands Ourselves Reward
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Compliment God Greatness Himself Pau
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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Death Live Oneself Quick
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Deal Greatness Love Thinking Yourself
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Custom God Himself Life Love Prayer
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth

How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.

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