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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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Grace Humility Know
From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Bliss Earth Thee
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Demand Reward Rewards
When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
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Forgiving Heart Taken
Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Catholic Pastor Persecution
What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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Creative Grows Love
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus Made Sacrament
Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
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Benefactor Benefits Pride Use
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
Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Arms Joyful Names
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
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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Angel Benefit Hands led Motivated Self
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
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Catholic Desire Wish
Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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Learning Tree Vines

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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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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