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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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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Heart Prayer Regard Thinking
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus Made Sacrament
A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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Break Friendship Lacking
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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Financial Mazes Stewardship
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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Deeds Hypocrisy Scripture
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Demand Reward Rewards
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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Between Children Father God Portion Son
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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Engagement Love Relationship
there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.
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Heart Love Self Soul
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 three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Humility Important Three
Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so – but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.
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Giving Grace Order
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
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Faults Humility Wish
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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Children Mother Religious

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