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.
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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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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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.
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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.
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Nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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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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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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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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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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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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