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Idleness is an enemy of the soul.

Benedict of Nursia

Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father’s advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.
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Advice Departed Disobedience Father Receive
Run while you have the light of life!
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Life Light Run Running
Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.
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Faith Heart Inspiration
Be careful to be gentle, lest in removing the rust, you break the whole instrument.
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Break Instrument Rust
Idleness is an enemy of the soul.
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Enemy Idleness Soul
Every age and degree of understanding should have its proper measure of discipline.
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Boys Discipline Measure Proper Understanding
The first step of humility is unhesitating obedience which comes naturally to those who cherish Christ above all.
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Firsts Humility Steps
He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.
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Faith Heart Inspiration
To attribute to God, and not to self, whatever good one sees in oneself; but to recognize always that the evil is one’s own doing, and to impute it on one’s self.
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Attributes Evil Self
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.
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Enemy Reading Soul
There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.
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Facts Light Simple
The prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how much more needful is it that we refrain from evil words, on account of the penalty of the sin!
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Evil Needful Prophet Sake Show Silence
He who has ears for hearing, let him listen
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Ears Hearing Listen
He should first show them in deeds rather than words all that is good and holy.
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Catholic Deeds First
Listen carefully, my child, to your master’s precepts, and incline the ear of your heart.
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Children Father Heart
Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace.
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Grace Inspiration Prayer

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