The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXTrue penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
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God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
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Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Ingratitude is the soul’s enemy… Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
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The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.
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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.
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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;”Be thou whole,” say openly:”I forgive thee all.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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