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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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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Humble Lasts Next
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus Made Sacrament
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Earth Eucharist Heaven
A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.
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Another Faithfully Men Saint
It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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Angel Benefit Hands led Motivated Self
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
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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Damage Inspirational Myself
Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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Appearance Body Flesh Soul
God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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Gods Reborn Spirituality Will
Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
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Benefactor Benefits Pride Use
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
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Enjoyment Love May Order
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Angel Tears Wine
The measure of love is love without measure.
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Inspirational Love Measure
God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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Giving Gods Will Knows
There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Greater Joy Misery

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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