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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.

Teresa of Avila

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
TERESA OF AVILA

Act Desire Fear God Greatness Leadership Live Lose See Yourself
Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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Disturb Enough God Himself Patience
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Moments Oneself
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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Forget Greatness Hide Image Remember Secret Soul Understand Value
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Act Love Need Prayer Sick Willing
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Failure God Myself Prayer Responsibility
All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Evil Flow Knowledge Man Serious Trouble Truth World
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Church Silence Women
Pain is never permanent.
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One Liner Pain
It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Body Human Impossible Refresh Rich Vision
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
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Accomplishment Attention Father Heart Ourselves Repeat Time
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Greatness Myself Poverty Sorry True

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