The measure of love is love without measure.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIt is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
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The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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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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Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it’s own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it’s own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.
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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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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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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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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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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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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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With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear.
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Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.
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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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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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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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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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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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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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