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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.

Saint Augustine

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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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Invisible Powerful Reality Sign Symbol Visible
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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God Love
Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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Death Life Misery One Liner Uncertain
The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Eternity Gain Life Merit Positive Purpose
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Body Command Instant Meet Mind Obey Resistance
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Complete Easy Moderation Perfection
Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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Channel Energy One Liner Sin Wrong
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Crime Despair God Lord Save
Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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Acceptance Believe Heaven Rational Reason Seek Soul
God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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God Goodness Hands Receive Try
The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Comparison Cost Obey
Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
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Accomplishment Action Advance Glory Humility Value Virtue Work
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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God Lord Value
What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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Bandit Gang Justice Kingdom
The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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Blood Carry Dwell Soul Spirit
You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Goodness Holy Lord Need

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