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There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.

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
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
Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Catholic Pastor Persecution
If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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Before Goal Grow Shall Shows
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 more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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Looking Praying Thinking
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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Heart Men River
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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Another Faithfully Men Saint
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
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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Deeds Hypocrisy Scripture
There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.
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Coming Men Saint Three
Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.
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Humble Lasts Next
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
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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God Love Loving Religious
What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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