Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThe tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
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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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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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And thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.
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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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What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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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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O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
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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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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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