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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.

Ignatius of Loyola

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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Eyes God Heart Love Ourselves Thinking
Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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Alone God Heart Success Work
So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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God Love Myself Preparation Service Simplicity Soul Talk
If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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Care Guilty Hungry Oppression Ourselves Poor
Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
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Modesty Peace Sufficient Yourself
He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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God Himself Silence Word
Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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Deep God Happiness Sin Trust Willing
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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Hard Love Obedience Oneself
We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
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Authority Believe Black Hold Myself Principle See
A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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Help Ideas Person Understand
To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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Effort Enough Life Prevent Reward Sin Time
Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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Generosity God Heaven Life Man Need Ourselves
What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Believe Black Definition Myself
It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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Divine Feed Fire Inspirational Love Religious Tree
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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Cost Count Generosity Service Teaching Yourself
If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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Fear God Greatness Man Oneself

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