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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Animal Creature Dog
Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Catholic Pastor Persecution
As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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Humility Path Study
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Better Fur Humility Pride
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
What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
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Cease Except Feed Fire Hate Self
Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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Heart Jesus Song
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Eye Mean Returning Salutary
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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Arm Delight Knowledge Soul Two Understanding
There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Greater Joy Misery
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
The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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Heart Men River
A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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Break Friendship Lacking
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
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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Compassion Fall Fraught Gracious Jesus
Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it. But blessed is that kiss whereby not only is God recognized but also the Father is loved; for there is never full knowledge without perfect love.
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Believe Father Love

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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