We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXSo far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.
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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole?
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so – but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.
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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear.
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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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