If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThere 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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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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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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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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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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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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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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All things are possible to one who believes.
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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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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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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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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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We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
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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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