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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

Teresa of Avila

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
Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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God Move
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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God Respect Servant Thinking Yourself
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Faith God Inspirational Place Trust Yourself
In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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Earth Heaven Hotel Light Night Serious Suffering Worst
Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Afraid Death Live Way
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Deal Greatness Imagination Prayer Time Yourself
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
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
No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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Himself Talk Thinking Voice
Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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Different Oneself Place Unity Window
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Born Happiness Love
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
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Compliment God Greatness Himself Pau
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
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
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
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Curiosity Talk Yourself
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Body Care Desire Need Ourselves
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Endurance Gratitude Mindset Patience Serious Suffering
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Forgiveness Himself Injury Present

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

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