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When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.

Bernard of Clairvaux

The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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Heart Men River
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Demand Reward Rewards
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Better Fur Humility Pride
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer
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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Church Loss Present Reservoir Superbundant
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Eye Mean Returning Salutary
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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Confession Saint Sin
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.
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Angel Faithful Father Powerful
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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Creative Grows Love
From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Bliss Earth Thee
I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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Comprehend God Knows Own
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
There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love.
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Inspirational Life Vanity
For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.
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Facts Found Grace High Holy

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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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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