Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXPersecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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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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I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him.
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Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
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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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If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole?
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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True 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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The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father’s portion?
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Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
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The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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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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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Death is the gate of life.
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Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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Both the nail and the wound cry out that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself… Through these sacred wounds we can see the secret of his heart, the great mystery of love.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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