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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.

Bernard of Clairvaux

So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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Able Answers Righteousness Sin
Do what Jesus says… what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].
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Church Command Jesus Leader Minister
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
Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
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Benefit Pride Receiving Recieve
True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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Past Regret Resolving Saint
The measure of love is love without measure.
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Inspirational Love Measure
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Earth Eucharist Heaven
Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Arms Joyful Names
Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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Heart Jesus Song
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
My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.
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Children Kings Promise Upon Urge
Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Animal Creature Dog
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
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
If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing.
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Loss Water Wise
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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Deeds Hypocrisy Scripture

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