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I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.

Ignatius of Antioch

I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God’s bread, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, formed of the seed of David, and for drink I crave His Blood which is love that cannot perish.
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Drink Food God Happiness Love Myself World
A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God.
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God Himself Religion Time
For Faith is the beginning and the end is love, and God is the two of them brought into unity. After these comes whatever else makes up a Christian gentleman.
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Beginning End Faith Love Religious Unity
I am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.
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God Ground Myself Teeth
Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church.
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Present Religious Togetherness
As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and faith through Him.
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Death Faith God Himself
Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men, For cannot he that falls rise again?
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Fall Himself Man Prayer Rise
Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
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Empowerment God Man Name Suffering Togetherness
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses.
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Forgiveness Freedom Habit Impossible Man Sin Yourself
Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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Betrayal Devotion God Oneself
Christianity is greatest when it is hated by the world.
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Greatness Hate Religion World
Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles to Christ and to the Father and to the Spirit, so that there may be unity in flesh and in spirit.
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Father God Obedience Oneself Spirit Unity
He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
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Death Desire Himself Object Place
I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God.
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God Ground Myself Purity Wild
Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the evil torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ.
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Body Devil Fire God Myself Religious Tear Wild
My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.
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Confidence Deep Feeling God Heart Myself Pieces Writing

I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.

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