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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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
It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
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Humble Humility Lows
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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Fool Masters Spiritual
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
there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.
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Heart Love Self Soul
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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Faith God Love Profitable
The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Humility Important Three
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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Engagement Love Relationship
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Angel Tears Wine
Death is the gate of life.
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Death Dying Gates
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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Blessed Evoke Heart Name
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
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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Christian Enemies Grid Kings War
God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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Gods Reborn Spirituality Will
Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
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Jesus Kings Said Something
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander

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