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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIt was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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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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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
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Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;”Be thou whole,” say openly:”I forgive thee all.
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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
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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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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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