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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Arms Joyful Names
Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.
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Art Christian Prayer
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Better Fur Humility Pride
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
If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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Before Goal Grow Shall Shows
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus Made Sacrament
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
Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Catholic Desire Wish
To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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Mark Mary Salvation
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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Benefit Pride Receiving Recieve
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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Anything Concentrate Man Surprising
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Demand Reward Rewards
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer
From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Bliss Earth Thee
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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Financial Mazes Stewardship
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander

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